Waxing Crescent Moon
The Moon does not emit its own light, shining instead by reflecting sunlight. Depending on the relative positions of the Earth, Sun and Moon, varying amounts of the lunar surface appear to be illuminated.
Waxing crescent
The phase of the Moon between new Moon and first quarter. Waxing means increasing.
Waxing gibbous
The phase of the Moon between first quarter and full.
Waxing Crescent - The Moon's crescent phase that occurs just after new moon
Weight - The gravitational force exerted on a body by the Earth (or another astronomical object) ...
Waxing Crescent: a small part of the Moon appears lighted and grows larger on successive days.
First Quarter: the right half of the Moon appears lighted, with the lighted part growing larger on successive days.
Nwedzana = waxing crescent. If the horns point up when the new crescent is sighted in the evening sky, it 'was said to be holding up all kinds of disease, and when the horns were tipped down, the moon was a basin pouring illness over the world.
Waxing Crescent As time passes after new moon, the Moon--orbiting counterclockwise around the Earth--moves away from the Sun toward the east from our vantage point, traveling about 12 degrees per day toward the left, ...
Here is the order of the phases - New (when you can't see the Moon - it's all dark), Waxing Crescent, First Quarter (when you see the right half lit), Waxing Gibbous, Full (when you see the entire lit surface), Waning Gibbous, ...
For example, if today the Moon were a waxing crescent, then tomorrow the crescent shape would continue to grow larger, approaching first quarter.
Since the Moon only reflects sunlight, the amount of its surface that is illuminated, its phase, varies at different times. The cycle starts from new moon to waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, ...
The next phase is a crescent Moon but because more and more of the illuminated face of the Moon will become visible to observers from Earth in the following days it is called a waxing crescent.
The shape varies from a full moon (when the Earth is between the and the moon) to a new moon (when the moon is between the sun and the Earth). The phases of the Moon include: the new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, ...
If the amount of illuminated side you can see increases with time, it is waxing as in waxing crescent or waxing gibbous. If the illuminated fraction decreases with time, it is waning as in waning crescent or waning gibbous.
 See also: Moon, Crescent, New Moon, Earth, Gibbous
  
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