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Tonight around 12:20 AM I realized that the top part (instead of the side) of the moon was missing. I live at a country in the tropics.

I took this picture with my phone so it isn't very good.

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After googling I found out about the wet moon phase in Wikipedia and I wonder if that is what I was looking at.

Wet Moon

artificer
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    It's not exactly a wet moon,since it is not a crescent moon. It's Gibbous Moon – r2_d2 Nov 02 '15 at 05:40
  • And the reason for the top not showing is the same as in a wet moon? – artificer Nov 02 '15 at 13:20
  • What do you mean by reason?. It's one of the moon phase,like wet moon which is also a moon phase but with a fancy name.wet moon – r2_d2 Nov 02 '15 at 14:48
  • Sorry I meant to ask if this was just a phase "similar" to the wet moon or something else. I did ask cause I have never seen it before and wasn't sure. – artificer Nov 02 '15 at 17:34

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No it is not a wet moon, as wet moon occurs when the horn of the crescent moon pointed at an angle away from the horizon. In your picture, that is not a crescent Moon. It is may be in the first quarter or last quarter, so Gibbous moon is more suitable.

See Moon phases.

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