Summer Solstice, New York City. By the end of the longest day of the year he could not stand it, he went up the iron stairs through the roof of the building. and over the soft, tarry surface. to the edge, put one leg over the complex green tin cornice. and said if they came a step closer that was it.
A Waxing gibbous is the gibbous moon after a new moon, and a waning gibbous is the gibbous moon after a full moon.he waxing phase of the moon is the period of time between new moon and full moon, where the size of the illuminated portion of the moon is increasing. The waning phase of t â¦ he moon is the period of time between full moon and new moon, where the size of the illuminated portion of the moon is decreasing.
A waxing gibbous moon is seen one to two weeks after a new moon. The average calendrical month, which is 1/12 of a year, is about 30.44 days, while the Moonâs phase (synodic) cycle repeats on average every 29.53 days.hen half of the Moonâs disc is illuminated, we call it the first quarter moon. As the sunlit portion continues to increase, now more than half illuminated, it becomes waxing gibbous moon. When the Moon reaches maximum illumination, a full moon, the Moon has completed one half of the lunar month.