English
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Why "quarter", when it's half-lit? And why is this one considered the "last"?”)
Noun
last quarter (plural last quarters)
- (astronomy) The waning lunar phase halfway between full moon and new moon.
Antonyms
Translations
the waning lunar phase halfway between full moon and new moon
- Arabic: التربيع الثاني m, التربيع المتناقص m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 下弦 (zh) (xiàxián), 下弦月 (xiàxiányuè)
- Finnish: viimeinen neljännes
- Italian: ultimo quarto m
- Japanese: 下弦 (ja) (かげん, kagen)
- Korean: 하현(下弦) (hahyeon), 하현(下弦)달 (hahyeondal)
- Lithuanian: delčia (lt) f
- Manchu: ᠸᠠᠰᡳᡥᡡᠨ ᡳ
ᡥᠣᠨᡨᠣᡥᠣ (wasihūn-i hontoho)
- Navajo: ooljééʼ chahałheeł nadah
- Polish: trzecia kwadra f
- Portuguese: quarto minguante (pt) m
- Russian: последняя че́тверть f (poslednjaja čétvertʹ)
- Spanish: cuarto menguante m
- Tagalog: bulang nagdudurog
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