waxing moon

Bedeutung (Englisch)

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.

Konzepte

zunehmender Mond

Synonyme

crescent moon

🌙

moonlit night

waning moon

first quarter

the period of the waxing moon

waxing period of the moon

crescent

first quarter moon

Übersetzungen

luna crescente

luna creciente

🌙

lua crescente

lunazione

wassende maan

cuarto menguante

luna verde

Etymologie (Englisch)

Verwandt mit Mittelenglisch: wexinge of the mone

In summary

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”).