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waxes: gets larger, grows
wanes: gets smaller, diminishes in size
The terms are most familiarly used to refer to the phases of the moon. The moon is said to be waxing when is goes from new moon to full moon, and after the full moon we say it wanesuntil it reaches the end of the cycle at the next new moon.
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What does the moon do all in a month?
Waxes and wanes
An antonym for the word wanes?
waxes.His political popularity waxes and wanes according to fickleness of the electorate.
What is the mid way point of a moon phase?
The Moon's phase starts at the new moon as it waxes and then wanes, so the mid point will be the full moon.
What word beginning with W could describe something which has decreased in size?
to wane: waned (like the moon grows larger when it waxes and as it wanes it grows smaller.)
The moon 'waxes and 'wanes' what does it mean?
Both of these are English words used in everyday conversation by regular people, but much more in the past than in today's English. Their plain, everyday meaning is directly applicable to the appearance of the moon as it goes through its phases. 'Waxing' . . . growing, becoming larger or fuller as time goes on. 'Waning' . . . shrinking, becoming smaller or skinnier as time goes on.
After the half-moon phase the moon's lighted side appears to grow smaller every night or begins to what?
When the moon appears to grow smaller, we say it "wanes". Conversely, when it gets bigger, we say it "waxes".
When was As the Spirit Wanes created?
As the Spirit Wanes was created on 2011-01-18.
Why does the moon have different shapes at different times of the mouth?
The earth casts a shadow upon the moon. As the position of the moon at night changes over a monthly schedule. This is why the moon waxes and wanes. And why when the moon is directly between the earth and the sun you can an eclipse. Where as at peak when there is no shadow you get a full moon.
How does the moon change shape and put it in small words?
the moon waxes (gets full) and wanes (gets thin) because of the position of its 28 day orbit around the earth. The as the moon orbits, the sun reflects off more or less of it, so you see more or less of it.
What kind of lipid utilize in synthesis of rubber?
Waxes
What happens to the moon during the first two weeks after the New Moon?
The 29-day lunar cycle begins with the New Moon, and "waxes" or increases the illuminated part for 14.5 days until the Full moon. Then it "wanes" as the illuminated area of the Moon decreases until the next new moon.
How the Moon appears to wax and wane?
the moon waxes and wanes as the earth moves and blocks certain rays of suns from hitting the moon. The moon, which doesn't put of any light of it's own, reflects what light hits it and we can see those sections, but the other parts which the earth is blocking the sun from it, we can not see.
