How the Flower Moon game works The Rise of the Half Moon starts out on a three-by-three grid. Each turn, you choose one of three random moon-phase cards and place it on the board.

Rise of the Half Moon, today’s Google Doodle game, celebrates the halfway-point in the lunar cycle with a fun strategy card game.

The Half Moon, also known as the first quarter or third quarter moon, occurs on January 6, 2025. It’s one of the four main lunar phases that repeat each month.

The moon undergoes eight distinct phases in its approximate 29.5-day cycle: New moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, third quarter and waning crescent.

A new Google Doodle salutes the lunar cycles with an online moon phase card game. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Following ...