<p>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.  </p>

<p>See <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_phase" rel="nofollow">Moon phases.</a></p>

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2015-11-02T06:52:03.470Z
2015-11-02T06:52:03.470Z
Kushal Bhuyan
<p>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.</p>

<p>I took this picture with my phone so it isn't very good.</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/FRx6w.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></p>

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

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/FRx6w.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Wet Moon</a></p>

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2015-11-02T05:40:50.340Z
It's not exactly a wet moon,since it is not a crescent moon. It's Gibbous Moon
r2_d2
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2015-11-02T13:20:26.990Z
And the reason for the top not showing is the same as in a wet moon?
artificer
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2015-11-02T14:48:05.443Z
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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet_moon)
r2_d2
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2015-11-02T17:34:49.400Z
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
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Is this a wet moon?
artificer
# Is this a wet moon?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-11-02)

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.

![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/FRx6w.jpg)

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](https://i.sstatic.net/FRx6w.jpg)

**Tags:** moon-phases

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: It's not exactly a wet moon,since it is not a crescent moon. It's Gibbous Moon  
> **username_0**: And the reason for the top not showing is the same as in a wet moon?  
> **username_1**: 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet_moon)  
> **username_0**: 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.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2015-11-02. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

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.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_phase)


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