Vacuum in the manifold drops as engine demand increases. If you use ported vacuum you always have a vacuum signal. If you want to make adjustments it can be done using the advance pot on the distributor when you use ported vacuum.
The decreasing or waning phases are when the moon shrinks from the full moon down to the new moon (darkness). As the moon wanes during the 3rd and 4th quarters, this is a good time to prune plants, as the water table is diminishing and so less sap will flow out of the cut ends.
The four major moon phases are New , 1st Quarter , Full and Last or 3rd Quarter. These phases have to do with the relative positions of the sun, the moon and the earth in the moon's 29 day monthly orbit of the earth.