when the moon comes between the sun and the earth, the earth then moves around and in the night sky you see different shapes. if you aslo want to know how is there light in the moon when the moon itself doesnt have light?? because of the sun, the sun gives light through the moon.
The moon is in its waning (shrinking) gibbous phase for roughly the week after the Full Moon.
Waning gibbous caused by the sunlight of the sun causes all the phases, it changh like a waxing gibbous and waning gibbous in the moon phases.
New Moon, Waxing Cresent, 1st Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, 3rd Quarter, Waning Cresent and then it starts all over again.
Waning Crescent.
Waxing crescent as it rises waning gibbous sets and vice versa
Waxing crescent, waxing gibbous, waning gibbous, waning crescent, new moon.
Waning Gibbous, Third Quarter and Waning Crescent.
A waxing gibbous moon is when the illuminated portion is increasing (more than half but less than full), while a waning gibbous moon is when the illuminated portion is decreasing (more than half but less than full). The transition from waxing to waning occurs after the full moon.
It's called a waning gibbous moon.
Usually its waxing gibbous or waning gibbous, and both are phases of the moon
The different shapes of the moon as seen from Earth are called moon phases. They include new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, third quarter, and waning crescent. These phases occur in a cycle over about 29.5 days.
New Moon, Waxing Crescent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, Last Quarter, Waning Crescent.