Waning for Dummies

Okay, so imagine you're looking up at the night sky and you see that beautiful glowing ball, the moon. Sometimes, you notice that the moon changes shape. It goes from being a full, big circle to slowly getting smaller and smaller until it becomes a tiny sliver of light, or even disappears completely for a few nights. This change in the moon's shape is what we call "waning."

When we say "waning," we are talking about the gradual decrease in the visible size of something, like the moon, over a period of time. It's like when you have a popsicle and you enjoy licking it, but as time passes, it starts to melt away bit by bit. The same thing happens with the moon, where it seems to slowly melt away until it becomes a thin crescent or even disappears altogether.

But "waning" doesn't only apply to the moon. We can also use it to describe other things that decrease or diminish over time, like a balloon losing its air or a candle burning down. It's all about something getting smaller or weaker, little by little.

Another way we can understand "waning" is by thinking of the sun during the evening. As the day progresses, the sun starts to go down, and the daylight slowly fades away into darkness. That gradual decrease in the sun's brightness and light is also an example of "waning."

So, to sum it all up, "waning" means a gradual decrease or diminishing in size, strength, or brightness over time. It's like when we observe the moon getting smaller and thinner in the sky, or when we witness other things losing their size or power bit by bit. It's all about that slow fading away or weakening of something.