Cycle 2 Week 10

When the moon is waxing and waning, what does this actually mean?

So, we all know that the moon seems like it's getting bigger and smaller everytime you look at it in the sky. Why is this so? Well, when the moon is "waning", it's getting smaller. But then when the moon is "waxing", it gets bigger. To remember this, if you ever saw the old version of Karate Kid, he was taught waxing; bigger, and waning; smaller. (Ms.Douglas told us this by the way.)

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