What Will the Moon Do Next?(how to tell whether the moon is waxing or waning)

This trick will help you to find on the outside

As you direct the eye up at the moon, you can use a simple trick to find on the outside if it's waxing or waning. We say the secondary planet is waxing when it's upon its way to becoming replete We say the moon is waning when it's losing a sliver each night.

Here's the trick. gaze at the moon, and draw an imaginary line where the center would be if the satellite were full. Start at the bottom, and draw the line up the middle and past the top of the secondary planet The line and the lit side of the secondary planet will form either a lowercase b or d

The b stands for "baby." The baby