A "gibbous" moon is anything more than half but less than full.
If it's closer to full tomorrow than it was today, it's waxing.
If it's closer to half tomorrow than it was today, it's waning.
Waning gibbous
Waxing crescent as it rises waning gibbous sets and vice versa
Waxing crescent, waxing gibbous, waning gibbous, waning crescent, new moon.
It's called a waning gibbous moon.
Last Wednesday (January 2nd) the moon was at a waning gibbous, a waning gibbous is where the moon is covered up with a crescent shape from the right and is three fourths full from the left.
Waning gibbous caused by the sunlight of the sun causes all the phases, it changh like a waxing gibbous and waning gibbous in the moon phases.
Waning gibbous
Two weeks after the waning gibbous phase of the moon you will see a new moon.
Waxing crescent as it rises waning gibbous sets and vice versa
Waxing crescent, waxing gibbous, waning gibbous, waning crescent, new moon.
The phase of the moon for Friday December 20, 2013 was Waning Gibbous.
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.
It's called a waning gibbous moon.
The moon is in its waning (shrinking) gibbous phase for roughly the week after the Full Moon.
The Phases of the moon are Full moon,Waxing Gibbous,Waning Gibbous, Waxing Cresent, Waning Cresent and New Moon.
Last Wednesday (January 2nd) the moon was at a waning gibbous, a waning gibbous is where the moon is covered up with a crescent shape from the right and is three fourths full from the left.
A waxing gibbous moon is when the illuminated portion is increasing (more than half but less than full), while a waning gibbous moon is when the illuminated portion is decreasing (more than half but less than full). The transition from waxing to waning occurs after the full moon.