Planetary phase

Planetary phase - period of time during which a planet's surface reflects specific amounts of sunlight from the perspective of a given point in space. Article “Planetary phase” in English Wikipedia has 13.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 1 references and 5 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 0.71 points.

This article has the best quality in Chinese Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Since the creation of article “Planetary phase”, its content was written by 32 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 102 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 27 times in English Wikipedia and cited 119 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #99225 in October 2023
• Global: #26959 in August 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #499242 in February 2017
• Global: #599522 in January 2022

There are 14 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Chinese (zh) 行星相位		18.1053
2	Arabic (ar) طور كوكبي		15.7538
3	Portuguese (pt) Fase planetária		14.7823
4	Spanish (es) Fase planetaria		13.8886
5	English (en) Planetary phase		13.4727
6	French (fr) Phase (astronomie)		8.3541
7	Vietnamese (vi) Pha hành tinh		6.5044
8	Persian (fa) گام سیاره‌ای		6.0296
9	Greek (el) Φάσεις πλανητών		2.3998
10	Italian (it) Fase (astronomia)		2.3685

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Planetary phase" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Planetary phase		158 025
2	Italian (it) Fase (astronomia)		33 180
3	Indonesian (id) Fase (planet)		15 907
4	French (fr) Phase (astronomie)		10 046
5	Arabic (ar) طور كوكبي		4 550
6	Portuguese (pt) Fase planetária		4 412
7	Norwegian (no) Planetarisk fase		4 084
8	Catalan (ca) Fase planetària		4 014
9	Slovenian (sl) Planetna faza		3 534
10	Persian (fa) گام سیاره‌ای		3 354

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Planetary phase" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Planetary phase		891
2	Italian (it) Fase (astronomia)		86
3	Chinese (zh) 行星相位		66
4	French (fr) Phase (astronomie)		41
5	Spanish (es) Fase planetaria		27
6	Indonesian (id) Fase (planet)		19
7	Catalan (ca) Fase planetària		18
8	Arabic (ar) طور كوكبي		16
9	Norwegian (no) Planetarisk fase		13
10	Vietnamese (vi) Pha hành tinh		10

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Planetary phase" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Planetary phase		32
2	Italian (it) Fase (astronomia)		22
3	French (fr) Phase (astronomie)		11
4	Arabic (ar) طور كوكبي		7
5	Catalan (ca) Fase planetària		6
6	Norwegian (no) Planetarisk fase		5
7	Spanish (es) Fase planetaria		4
8	Indonesian (id) Fase (planet)		3
9	Portuguese (pt) Fase planetária		3
10	Vietnamese (vi) Pha hành tinh		3

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Planetary phase" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) طور كوكبي		0
2	Catalan (ca) Fase planetària		0
3	Greek (el) Φάσεις πλανητών		0
4	English (en) Planetary phase		0
5	Spanish (es) Fase planetaria		0
6	Persian (fa) گام سیاره‌ای		0
7	French (fr) Phase (astronomie)		0
8	Indonesian (id) Fase (planet)		0
9	Italian (it) Fase (astronomia)		0
10	Norwegian (no) Planetarisk fase		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Planetary phase" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Planetary phase		27
2	French (fr) Phase (astronomie)		16
3	Italian (it) Fase (astronomia)		16
4	Arabic (ar) طور كوكبي		10
5	Norwegian (no) Planetarisk fase		9
6	Catalan (ca) Fase planetària		8
7	Portuguese (pt) Fase planetária		7
8	Chinese (zh) 行星相位		6
9	Persian (fa) گام سیاره‌ای		5
10	Slovenian (sl) Planetna faza		5

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic طور كوكبي
ca	Catalan Fase planetària
el	Greek Φάσεις πλανητών
en	English Planetary phase
es	Spanish Fase planetaria
fa	Persian گام سیاره‌ای
fr	French Phase (astronomie)
id	Indonesian Fase (planet)
it	Italian Fase (astronomia)
no	Norwegian Planetarisk fase
pt	Portuguese Fase planetária
sl	Slovenian Planetna faza
vi	Vietnamese Pha hành tinh
zh	Chinese 行星相位

Best Rank

English: #499242 02.2017

Global: #599522 01.2022

Best Rank

English: #99225 10.2023

Global: #26959 08.2003

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