waning moon
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English
Etymology
From waning + moon. Compare Middle English waynynge of the mone, wanynge of þe mone (literally “waning of the moon”).
Noun
waning moon (plural waning moons)
- 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.
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Translations
moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon
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