2007-07-27 16:45:44 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Vary simply stated when the moon is waxing is when it appears larger, or you can see more of it on any one night than the night previous
2007-07-27 16:57:11 · answer #1 · answered by THOMAS D 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Waxing means as the nights go by the light shining on the moon is getting wider till it gets to be a full moon
2007-07-27 17:08:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Waxing refers to an increase in size- the moon is getting larger because more sunlight is striking its surface making a larger part of the moon visible.
The opposite would be waning, or getting smaller. Where less sunlight strikes the moon so less of the moon is visible.
Remember, the moon is a rock, it does not glow or produce its own light. The moon can only be seen when the sun is shining on it.
2007-07-27 16:53:50 · answer #3 · answered by Lindsay O 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Waxing means getting larger. Not that the moon is getting bigger, its just that more of the sunlit side of the moon is becoming visible to us as the moon moves in its orbit.
Once it reaches full moon, then it starts to "wane", meaning getting smaller (less of the sunlit side visible as the moon moves). When it is completely between us and the sun and we don't see of the sunlit side and its called new moon.
The moon keeps moving, and starts to wax again.
2007-07-27 17:09:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Waxing is an old word for growing. A waxing moon is any of the phases after a new moon and before a full moon.
The after the full moon, the moon is waning. Waning is an old word for shrinking.
2007-07-27 16:49:58 · answer #5 · answered by stork5100 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Waxing means it is gaining sunlight and becoming a full moon.
going from New moon to Full moon.
2007-07-27 16:48:36 · answer #6 · answered by I hate Hillary Clinton 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It means it is not full yet, but getting fuller each day. It starts as a thin crescent, waxes to full and wanes back to a crescent again.
2007-07-27 16:50:59 · answer #7 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Gaining in luster. Increasing in sunlit surface. As the Moon cycles from New Moon to Crescent to First Quarter to Gibbous to Full, it is said to be waxing.
As it transforms from Full to Gibbous to Last Quarter to Crescent to New, then it is said to be waning.
2007-07-27 16:51:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It means its getting ready for a date, or other close encounter...LOL :)
2007-07-27 16:53:56 · answer #9 · answered by taylor ray. 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
it means its growing
2007-07-27 16:54:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋