It is moving in the part of its orbit so that it is getting closer to the Sun.
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You would have to wait until after the moon is full. Then, the moon is in its waning phase and you can see it!
Two weeks after the waning gibbous phase of the moon you will see a new moon.
You can see all 3.
At the time of answering this question, the moon is waning (waning gibbous), which means we will see less of the illuminated side of the moon.
A gibbous moon (waxing or waning) is when we can see morethan half of the moon's sunlit side when viewed from Earth, a gibbous moon has a sort of lemon shape. A crescent moon (waxing or waning) is when we can see less than half of the moon's sunlit side and it looks like a fingernail when viewed from Earth.
you can't see the half of the moon that is lit during a waning gibbous because of the position that the moon is in relation to the sun and earth.
They are all different phases of the moon. When you look into the sky, and you do not see the full moon, and you only see a small sliver of it, that can be either waxing, or waning.
You can see all three of these. The phase of the moon when it is not visible is called new moon.
If you see the Moon high in the sky in the evening, it is waxing. If you see the Moon high in the sky in the wee hours before dawn, it is waning.
"Waning" means that less and less of the moon's lighted side is visible from Earth as time goes on. That's what's happening during the entire two weeks from Full Moon until the next New Moon.
there is a specific pattern of moon phases and the act of waning means decreasing so when the illuminated side of the moon is shown on earth and is decreasing to lead up to the new moon phase (where you cant see any thing in the sky)that is a waning moon.