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A gibbous moon is a phase of the moon where the illuminated half is greater than the dark half but it is not full. The opposite of a gibbous moon is known as a crescent moon.

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What is opposite from waning gibbous?

Waxing crescent as it rises waning gibbous sets and vice versa


What phase of the moon would the sun and moon be on the opposite side of earth?

a waxing gibbous


What is waxing crescent moon?

um. i don't know why you asking me? BTW the answer is the opposite of a waxing gibbous


How does a gibbous moon work?

The shade of the earth on the moon is what causes the gibbous moon.


What does gibbous moon means?

Usually its waxing gibbous or waning gibbous, and both are phases of the moon


What are warning of gibbous moon?

It's called a waning gibbous moon.


Is a gibbous moon dark or lit?

In a gibbous moon phase, most of the moon that we see is lit.


What is the difference between a waxing and waning gibbous?

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.


After a waxing gibbous moon you will see what moon phase next?

"Waxing" is the term used when the Moon's illuminated part is growing in size, while "waning" means that the lighted part is decreasing. "Gibbous" means more than half, but not full. So "waxing gibbous" is the phase of the Moon between the first quarter and the full moon.


Are gibbous moons rare?

No, a 'gibbous moon' is part of the regular lunar cycle. The moon takes roughly 30 days to go from a new moon, through all its phases, to become a new moon again. For a little under 3/8th of this time, the moon will be a gibbous moon, which will either be waxing gibbous towards a full moon and waning gibbous away from it.


What do you call the moon that is between half moon and full moon?

The "more than 50%" moon is called the gibbous moon. When it is "growing" (appearing to get larger), it is a Waxing Gibbous; when "shrinking," it's the Waning Gibbous.


Was the moon a gibbous moon yesterday?

no