i have a wiccan diary which tells you certain days in the moon cycle and when it said waning and gibbous in gemini i got confused so any help would be great thank you
2006-10-08 22:54:18 · 7 answers · asked by white tigeress 1 in News & Events ➔ Other - News & Events
Phase Name
0.00 Full Moon
0.00-0.25 Waning Gibbous Moon
0.25 Last Quarter Moon
0.25-0.50 Waning Crescent Moon
0.50 New Moon
0.50-0.75 Waxing Crescent Moon
0.75 First Quarter Moon
0.75-1.00 Waxing Gibbous Moon
1.00 Full Moon (again)
"Waxing" means growing and "waning" means shrinking. One appropriate definition of "gibbous" is "swollen on one side."
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2006-10-08 23:10:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure, this is an earthscience type of question. A gibbous means 3/4s of a moon. So you have new moon (no moon) a crescent, a half, a gibbous, and a full moon.
The other key word here is waning. As the moon goes from new to crescent to half to gibbous to full we say it is WAXING. I just think of it as going from no moon to a full moon so its becoming more visible.
Now when your'e coming back from the full moon to the new moon its called waning...gets getting smaller, less visible.
2006-10-09 06:03:30 · answer #2 · answered by jenNdan18286 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Gibbous is the lunar phase between half moon and full/new moon.
When it's gibbous waxing it's tending to full moon
When it's gibbous waning it's tending to new moon
2006-10-09 06:02:25 · answer #3 · answered by unclefrunk 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that question probably took longer to write than it would have taken to look it up in a dictionary
1. a. Characterized by convexity; protuberant.
b. More than half but less than fully illuminated. Used of the moon or a planet.
2. Having a hump; humpbacked
so a gibbous moon is a moon with the hump
QED
2006-10-09 06:02:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
i know that "gibbous" means a 3/4 or football shaped moon...
"In Gemini" must mean the astrological constellation that is prominent in the location where the moon "rises" on a certain date.
2006-10-09 06:03:54 · answer #5 · answered by R J 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not aware of the correct usage of this word but if I had to make a wild guess, I'd say "drooling". This is based much more on the sound of the word than on the context you've given. But I also enjoy the image of a waning moon drooling in Gemini.
2006-10-09 06:09:20 · answer #6 · answered by beast 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/gibbous
2006-10-09 06:19:13 · answer #7 · answered by me 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋