waxing moon
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Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
waxing 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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The moon as it progresses from a new moon to a full moon
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