waning moon
Decreasing lunar phase
A waning moon is the lunar phase when the visible illuminated portion decreases night by night, moving from full moon toward new moon.
The term extends to anything in decline: His influence was a waning moon in the party.
Opposite of waxing moon.
- crescentCurved sickle-like arc
- recedingMoving away from observer
- lunarOf the moon
- third quarter75% through a cycle
- decreasingBecoming smaller or fewer
crone · diminishing · fading light · banishing · letting go · lunar phases · Hecate · Chandra · shrinking · lunar cycle · quarter · dimming · tide · pull · shadow · sliver · harvest · sickle
- moonlunar, luna, moonlight, moonrise, moonset
- celestial cycleslunar cycle, solar cycle, lunar phase, orbit, eclipse
- lunar cycleswaxing crescent, lunar cycle, first quarter, waxing gibbous, last quarter
- Moon thingsmoonlight, craters, lunar eclipse, waxing crescent, lunar surface
- Moon Lorelunar cycle, Luna, Selene, Artemis, Diana
- moon symbolismcrescent, lunar cycle, moonlight, Luna, Selene
lunar phase direction
waning moonwaxing moon
Moon approaching full brightness
waxing crescent · waxing gibbous · crescent moon · new moon · young moon