waxing moon

English

Etymology

From 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

waxing moon (plural waxing moons)

1. 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.

Antonyms

• waning moon

Coordinate terms

• full moon
• new moon
• old moon

Related terms

• crescent moon

Translations

The moon as it progresses from a new moon to a full moon

• Danish: tiltagende måne
• Dutch: wassende maan (nl) f
• Finnish: kasvava kuu, yläkuu
• Galician: cuarto crecente m, abalo (gl) m, enchente m
• Georgian: ზრდადი მთვარე (zrdadi mtvare)
• German: zunehmender Mond m
• Italian: luna crescente f, fase di novilunio f, congiunzione (it) f
• Latin: luna crescens f
• Persian: هلال افزاینده (helâl-e afzâyande)
• Portuguese: lua crescente f
• Spanish: luna creciente f