waning moon
A moon when it appears smaller each night as it progresses from a full moon to a new…A moon (usually the Moon, that is, Earth's moon) when it appears smaller each night as it progresses from a full moon to a new moon: a moon in any of the diminishing lunar phases.
Meaning
1 sensesA moon (usually the Moon, that is, Earth's moon) when it appears smaller each night as it progresses from a full moon to a new moon: a moon in any of the diminishing lunar phases.
abnehmender Mond
убывающая лунаubyvajuščaja luna
Translations
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Origin
From waning + moon. Compare Middle English waynynge of the mone, wanynge of þe mone (literFrom waning + moon. Compare Middle English waynynge of the mone, wanynge of þe mone (literally “waning of the moon”).
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Forms
plural: waning moons| Singular | waning moon |
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Antonyms
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1 related wordsSee also
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