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Waning
When the moon appears to be shrinking, it is said to be waning. This phase occurs as the amount of illuminated surface visible from Earth is decreasing. It gradually transitions from a full moon to a new moon.
A crescent moon is growing when it transitions from a new moon to a first quarter moon, and shrinking when it transitions from a last quarter moon to a new moon. The growth or shrinkage of the crescent moon is a result of the changing angles between the sun, moon, and Earth during the moon's orbit.
Waning.
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waning
Waning
When the moon appears to be shrinking, it is said to be waning. This phase occurs as the amount of illuminated surface visible from Earth is decreasing. It gradually transitions from a full moon to a new moon.
A crescent moon is growing when it transitions from a new moon to a first quarter moon, and shrinking when it transitions from a last quarter moon to a new moon. The growth or shrinkage of the crescent moon is a result of the changing angles between the sun, moon, and Earth during the moon's orbit.
Waning.
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The moon is in its waning (shrinking) gibbous phase for roughly the week after the Full Moon.
It is said to be waning, and waxing when the moon's light is increasing.
The word would be expanding.
This happens about once a month. We call this the "third quarter" phase of the moon.