waned
Lost its strength
Waned is the past tense of wane, meaning to decrease or diminish gradually.
The moon wanes as it moves from full toward new, showing less illuminated surface each night.
By extension, anything that fades or loses strength wanes: Her enthusiasm waned after the first week.
His influence had waned considerably by then.
Became smaller in amount
- diminishedMade or became smaller
- fadedLost original color
- weakenedMade less capable
- lessenedMade or became smaller
subsided · dwindled · shrank · contracted · tapered · abated · dropped · slumped
Curved sickle-like arc
- gibbousConvexly swollen shape
- phasesDistinct periods in sequence
- moonlightReflected solar radiance, nocturnal
- cycleRepeating sequence of events
orbit · synodic · neap · quarter · illumination · celestial · sickle · perigee
decreased
Became smaller in amount
- diminishedMade or became smaller
- fadedLost original color
- weakenedMade less capable
lessened · subsided · dwindled · shrank · contracted · tapered · abated · dropped · slumped · deteriorated
crescent
Curved sickle-like arc
- gibbousConvexly swollen shape
- phasesDistinct periods in sequence
- moonlightReflected solar radiance, nocturnal
cycle · orbit · synodic · neap · quarter · illumination · celestial · sickle · perigee · apogee
ebb
Gradual retreat seaward
retreat · seaward · withdrawal · reflux · tidal · shoreline · receding · outgoing · coastal
evening
Late day period
gloaming · afterglow · darkening · shadows · dimness · sundown · eventide · penumbra · vesper · glimmering
- diminisheddevalued, lessened, decreased, depreciated, reduced
- slowed downbraked, decelerated, reduced speed, slackened, throttled
wanedwaxed
Coated for shine
intensified · strengthened · surged · increased · heightened
- wax and waneFluctuate in cycles
- waning moonMoon after full, before new
- waxing and waningCyclical increase and decrease
- on the waneDecreasing in power
- waning immunityDecreasing bodily defense capacity
- waning crescentFinal lunar phase shown