the moon has 8 different PHASES. they are new moon, waxing cresent, first quarter moon, waxing gibbous moon, full moon, waning gibbous moon, last quarter, and waning cresent!
it is a moon phase
It means that the phase is ending.
New Moon.
The time in which the whole face of the moon is illuminated - when the moon is on the opposite side of the Earth as the sun.
Waxing in relation to the moon refers to the phase when the illuminated portion of the moon seen from Earth is increasing. During this phase, the moon appears to grow larger in the sky.
The phase of the Moon that comes immediately before the new Moon phase is the waning crescent phase.
How much of it is visible from earth, ie half moon, full moon etc. These are the phases
A waxing Moon can be seen when the Moon is larger in the sky, and is moving from the new Moon phase, and into the full Moon phase. A waning Moon is seen when the Moon is visibly smaller in the sky, and is moving from the full Moon phase, and into the new Moon phase.
The phase of the Moon that occurs when it is three-quarters full just before the full Moon phase is the waxing gibbous phase. This phase occurs as the Moon is waxing, or growing larger, towards the full Moon.
New Moon Phase
In the new Moon phase.
New Moon Phase