What is The Difference Between Waxing Moon and Waning Moon Phases

What is Waxming Moon and Waning Moon Phase

Waxing and waning moon phases are important to learn the moon cycle. The waxing suggests growing moon until it reaches the full shape. Waning is right the opposite of waxing as it suggests decreasing of the moon after full moon phase. We soon moon growing day by day until it achieves its fully illuminated shape. Similarly, it diminishes after full moon until it disappears completely. Also, learn when is the first day of fall 2021.

Hence, the crescent shape of the moon before the full moon is called waxing crescent. The moon before the full moon is waxing gibbous. When we see moon in half or semi circle shape from earth, it is called quarter moon. The semi circle shape before full shape s the first quarter and the last quarter happens before the new moon.


difference between waxing moon and waning moon



What is Waning Crescent Moon Phases

The waning means diminishing or reducing form. The waning crescent happens when the moon is about to reach new moon. It is the phase that is less than the semi circle illuminate form. In order to give you a clearer picture of the waning and waxing phases, find below all the moon phases in sequence.

1.       New moon – invisible moon

2.       Waxing crescent

3.       First quarter

4.       Waxing gibbous

5.       Full moon

6.       Waning gibbous

7.       Last quarter

8.       Waning crescent

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The waxing moon is always illuminated on the left side. When the moon is in waning form after full moon, it is always illuminated on the right side. But the moon in the Southern Hemisphere of the Earth illuminates starting from left to right. It reduces from left side to right side in opposition to the northern hemisphere positions of moon.

The time take by moon to revolve on its orbit is bit less than 30 days or calendar month. Hence sometimes we also get to see two full moon in a single calendar month. This additional full moon in a single month is called blue moon. But it happens rarely and hence we have a phrase like once in a blue moon which means rarely or not very often.

 

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