waning moon

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)

1. 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.

Antonyms

• waxing moon

Coordinate terms

• old moon
• full moon
• new moon

Translations

moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon

• Burmese: လဆုတ် (my) (la.hcut)
• Catalan: lluna minvant
• Danish: aftagende måne
• Dutch: afnemende maan f, wanende maan f
• Finnish: vähenevä kuu, alakuu
• French: lune décroissante
• Galician: lúa minguante (gl) f, minguante m, devalo m, lúa vella (gl) f, cuarto minguante m
• Georgian: კლებადი მთვარე (ḳlebadi mtvare)
• German: abnehmender Mond m
• Italian: luna calante f
• Latin: luna decrescens f, luna senescens f
• Macedonian: погибел (pogibel)
• Persian: هلال کاهنده (fa) (helâl-e kâhande)
• Portuguese: lua minguante f
• Spanish: luna menguante
• Swedish: avtagande måne

See also

• dark moon