SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -Waxing Crescent – After the New Moon, the Moon continues its journey around the Earth, becoming visible as it moves on its path toward becoming a Full Moon. The sunlit portion is increasing. A crescent Moon is easy to identify as it looks like a sliver in the sky. Waxing = growing in illumination.

Detailed explanation-2: - Waning Crescent: In the Northern Hemisphere, we see the waning crescent phase as a thin crescent of light on the left. The Moon displays these eight phases one after the other as it moves through its cycle each month. It takes about 27.3 days for the Moon to orbit Earth.

Detailed explanation-3: -Crescent – The crescent moon is the first sliver of the Moon that we can see. From the northern hemisphere, the crescent moon has the illuminated edge of the Moon on the right.

Detailed explanation-4: -What is a Crescent Moon? When the Moon appears early in its first quarter or late in its last quarter, only a small arc-shaped section is visible and illuminated by the Sun. The orientation of the crescent Moon depends on the time of day, the season, and the viewer’s location.

Detailed explanation-5: -As the Moon waxes (the amount of illuminated surface as seen from Earth increases), the lunar phases progress through new moon, crescent moon, first-quarter moon, gibbous moon, and full moon. The Moon then wanes as it passes through the gibbous moon, third-quarter moon, crescent moon, and back to new moon.