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When is it called when the moon to get smaller?

Getting smaller is waning. Getting larger is waxing.


What is called when the moon appears to be getting smaller?

That is called waning, the opposite of waxing.


What is it called when the moon appears to be getting smaller?

That is called waning, the opposite of waxing.


What is it called when the lighted part of the moon appears to be getting smaller?

The moon is said to be waning, when the lighted part gets smaller. When it gets larger, the moon is waxing.


What do you call the moon when its growing smaller?

The moon is called a waning moon when it is growing smaller in size. This occurs right after a full moon, as the moon transitions from being fully illuminated to gradually becoming less visible.


What is it called when the sunlit fraction of the moon that you can see from earth is getting smaller?

It is the waning phase.


If the moon is wanning is it getting bigger or smaller?

'Waning' means getting smaller. But the moon is not getting smaller during that half of its cycle. What's waning is the amount of the moon's illuminated half that we're able to see.


What is the moon phase that appears to be getting smaller?

The moon phase that appears to be getting smaller is called weaning. A teacher once said that you could remember weaning because it sounds like whining. Sometimes, a child whines when they don't get all of what they want. Also, waxing is when the moon gets larger


What term means moon is gitting smaller?

When the moon appears to be getting smaller, (approaching nothing - no moon, or "new moon") we say that the moon is "Waning".When the moon appears to be getting larger (approaching the "Full Moon"), we say that the moon is "Waxing".


When is the moon is said to be waning?

The moon is waning when it is getting smaller


When the moon does when the sunlit fraction is getting smaller?

The moon wanes.


When visible portion of the moon is increasing the moon is?

Getting larger is WAXING. Getting smaller is WANING..