Waxing Crescent?
Waning Crescent?
Waxing Gibbous?
Waning Gibbous?
(from a moon)
2007-04-22 04:13:41 · 7 answers · asked by Janhavi ♥ 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
A crescent is the shape of the moon when it is less than half full. Gibbous refers to the shape when it is MORE than half full but less than totally full.
Waxing refers to the time when the moon is approaching full, waning is when it is PASSED full and heading back towards a less visible form.
2007-04-22 04:23:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Crescent is a shape of the moon when it is new, therefore reappearing after the moon's dark interval, or old, disappearing, moving toward the dark interval.
A waxing crescent simpy refers to a new moon of crescent size growing toward half, gibbous, near-full and full.
A waning crescent is exactly the same curved bow-shape but in an old moon that's declining toward the dark interval again.
The waxing gibbous refers to a moon larger than a half moon and moving toward near-full and then full.
A waning gibbous refers to a moon past full stage, larger than half, but moving toward stages of half moon, quarter moon, crescent and then its dark interval.
Waxing means increasing
Waning means decreasing.
2007-04-22 14:13:44 · answer #2 · answered by Robert David M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some of the major moon phases
2007-04-22 11:22:59 · answer #3 · answered by xo_cuddly_kitten_xo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The different shadow shapes you see from the moon.
2007-04-22 16:44:52 · answer #4 · answered by spir_i_tual 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
parts of phases of the moon.
2007-04-26 00:34:40 · answer #5 · answered by gika 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
these are forms of moon
2007-04-22 11:24:29 · answer #6 · answered by JAKE 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/moon_phases.html
2007-04-22 11:17:13 · answer #7 · answered by J C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋