Saturday finds the moon in a waxing gibbous phase. Of all the phases that the moon goes through over 29.5 days, a waxing gibbous is probably the most frequently observed. The word gibbous is derived ...

There are eight phases of the Moon beginning with the new Moon, followed by waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full Moon, waning gibbous, third quarter and finally waning crescent.