The lunar face will be almost exactly half-illuminated on Tuesday.
After the new moon occurs, marking the beginning of a new 29.5-day lunar cycle and the point at which the lunar face is completely dark, the sun's light will once again begin to spread across the lunar face. Before the cycle reaches its halfway point, the next full moon, it will pass through another half-illuminated stage known as the first quarter moon.
Of course, as only the permanently Earth-facing half of the moon is ever illuminated by the sun, when half of this face is lit by the sun that constitutes a quarter of the whole moon being illuminated.
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