Phases of the Moon and when the Moon rises
The Moon makes no light of its own; except during a lunar eclipse, the half facing the Sun is lit. Its phases come from how much of that lit half we can see from Earth as the Moon orbits us, one full cycle taking about 29.5 days. The phases run new moon (lit side facing away from us), waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon (lit side facing us), waning gibbous, third quarter, and waning crescent. Phases are not caused by Earth's shadow; that only happens during a lunar eclipse. Because the phase depends on where the Moon is relative to the Sun, it also sets the Moon's rising time: a new moon rises around sunrise and sets around sunset, a first quarter moon rises around noon and sets around midnight, a full moon rises around sunset and sets around sunrise, and a third quarter moon rises around midnight and sets around noon, with the crescent and gibbous phases falling in between.
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