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.
Waning.
A cr4scent moon can be either increasing or decreasing. It depends on the time of tha day , when it is seen. A crescent moon seen in the evening/early night is increasing. A crescent moon seen late night/early morning is decreasing.
we don't know yet but the moon is shrinking
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 cr4scent moon can be either increasing or decreasing. It depends on the time of tha day , when it is seen. A crescent moon seen in the evening/early night is increasing. A crescent moon seen late night/early morning is decreasing.
Waning.
How does - ing in shrinking change the meanin of the root word
The moon is in its waning (shrinking) gibbous phase for roughly the week after the Full Moon.
The word is deflate.
It is said to be waning, and waxing when the moon's light is increasing.
The word would be expanding.
Nothing whatsoever. The Moon is apparently shrinking a tiny bit, because the core of the Moon has been cooling and shrinking - but the net effect, from 250,000 miles away, is precisely zero. As long as the mass of the Moon stays the same (and it is) and the ORBIT of the Moon remains the same (and it is!) then the gravitational force on the tides is entirely unchanged.