waxing moon

基本解释

They knew the waxing moon appeared larger and higher overhead after each succeeding sunset.
他们也知道，在月盈期间，每经一次日落月亮都会显得更高更大；
They knew that the waxing moon appeared larger and higher overhead after each succeeding sunset.
他们知道，月盈期间，每经一次日落，头顶的月亮会显得更高更大；
Lion attacks in Tanzania rise after the full moon, possibly because waxing moon made hunting difficult for the lions. Christopher Intagliata reports.
克里斯托弗· 因塔利亚塔在报道中指出，坦桑尼亚的狮子攻击事件会在满月之后频増，可能原因是娥眉月使得狮子捕猎难度加大。

He did this to point out your apparent incorrect caption of a waxing moon in Rio de Janeiro.
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The Waxing Gibbous Moon - the lunar phase between first quarter Moon and a full Moon - will be approximately one degree south of Jupiter appearing to be only a pen width apart.
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Unfortunately, his mnemonic would only work in the northern hemisphere, where the moon is observed in the southern sky with the right side of the moon sunward during the waxing phase and the left side sunward during the waning phase.
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