crescent
The period of the lunar cycle (month) when the view of the moon goes from new to full. The word is related to the German word "wachsen" = "to grow". The second half of the cycle is the Waning Phase,
The word "lunar" pertains to the moon or is related to the moon. It is often used to describe things associated with the moon, such as lunar phases or lunar exploration.
"Apogee" is the term used to describe the point in the moon's orbit when it is farthest from Earth.
Perigee
A gibbous moon is the phase of the moon that comes anywhere between the full moon and the quarter moon (both waxing and waning). The word 'gibbous', I believe means "swollen on one side".
there are different moon phases
The period of the lunar cycle (month) when the view of the moon goes from new to full. The word is related to the German word "wachsen" = "to grow". The second half of the cycle is the Waning Phase,
A human.
'circular'.
The current phase of the moon is "new moon".
peaceful
The word is "lunar".
The word "lunar" pertains to the moon or is related to the moon. It is often used to describe things associated with the moon, such as lunar phases or lunar exploration.
The root word "gibbous" comes from Latin and means hunched or bulging. It is commonly used in astronomy to describe the phase of the moon when it is more than half but less than fully illuminated.
"Apogee" is the term used to describe the point in the moon's orbit when it is farthest from Earth.
Perigee
It entered as a loanword from Latin between 1350 and 1400. A gibbous moon means the moons is more than half-way illuminated. It is a waxing gibbous moon if the shadow is getting smaller (before the full moon) . It is a waning gibbous moon if the shadow is getting bigger (after the full moon.)