SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: - Waning Gibbous: The waning gibbous phase is between a full moon and a half moon. Waning means it is getting smaller.

Detailed explanation-2: -Full phase occurs when the Moon is on the opposite side of the Earth from the Sun and we see only the illuminated side. On that day it rises as the Sun is setting and sets and the Sun is rising. It is visible all night long.

Detailed explanation-3: -Several days after a new moon, we see the moon as a thin sliver of light called the crescent moon. As the moon appears larger and larger, it becomes a quarter moon and gibbous moon. A full moon is visible when the whole side of the moon facing Earth is completely illuminated by the sun.

Detailed explanation-4: -From the new moon day to the full moon day, the lighted portion of the moon becomes more visible. This is called waxing. [ 2 marks ] Whereas from the full moon day to the new moon day, there is a decrease in the visibility of the lighted area of moon from the earth. This is called waning.

Detailed explanation-5: -As it grows, it is known as a waxing moon, and gradually increases from a waxing “crescent” (for its shape into the first quarter moon. As it continues to brighten, it takes on an oblong, or “gibbous, ‘’ shape until it reaches the full moon stage.

Detailed explanation-6: -The area illuminated on the surface of the Moon during this phase is in the shape of a crescent and the amount of sunlight reflecting off of the Moon is decreasing. The term waning means decreasing, which is why this Moon phase is called Waning Crescent.