waning moon
the moon at any time after the full moon and before the new moon, so called because its illuminated area is decreasing.: Compare waxing moon.
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Origin of waning moon
1- Also called old moon.
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How to use waning moon in a sentence
A waning moon had risen, and in its faint light the water of the brook glimmered coldly as it wimpled over the stony ford.
A Fortune Hunter; Or, The Old Stone Corral | John Dunloe CarteretThen, without a slip, the monoplane was off in the light of the waning moon.
On the Edge of the Arctic | Harry Lincoln SaylerAnother half-hour and the waning moon rose, throwing a beam of light into their chamber; also they heard horse's hoofs again.
Fair Margaret | H. Rider HaggardDawn came slow, silent, and majestic into the cloudless sky, where a thin sickle of waning moon hung.
In the Ranks of the C.I.V. | Erskine ChildersThe air was tingling with windless cold, and ghostly white with the light of a crooked, waning moon.
Kings in Exile | Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts
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