waxing moon
English
editEtymology
editFrom waxing + moon. Compare Middle English wexinge of the mone, þe waxyng of moone, waxinge of þe mone, wexinge of þe mone (literally “(the) waxing of the moon”).
Noun
editwaxing moon (plural waxing moons)
- A moon (usually the Moon, that is, Earth's moon) when it appears larger each night as it progresses from a new moon to a full moon: a moon in any of the increasing lunar phases.
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editTranslations
editThe moon as it progresses from a new moon to a full moon
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