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Gibbous
A Moon or planet phase between quarter and full — more than half but less than fully illuminated.
Waxing gibbous grows toward full; waning gibbous shrinks after full. The term comes from Latin gibbus, 'hump'. Venus and Mars also show gibbous phases through a telescope.
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