"To wax and wane" is literally "croître et décroître," but it could also be translated many other ways, depending on the context. Here are just a few other possibilities: grandir, pour ensuite diminuer; changer; évoluer; fluctuer. "Wax and wane" can also be a nominal phrase. Example: the wax and wane of power => les fluctuations du pouvoir.
The opposite of to wax is to wane. Wax means to grow and wane means to diminish
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During the time at sea, the sailors saw the moon wax and wane three times.
That completely depends on when you start watching it. The question is like asking: "Does it get light or dark outside first ?"
The revolving of the earth and the rotating of the moon.
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The opposite of the archaic term "wax" (increase, as in size) is wane.The terms are still used to refer to the phases of the Moon, where a waxing moon is increasing in illuminated area, a waning moon is decreasing.
wax gourd.
It's the earth shadow