"What phase of the moon comes after ""waning crescent""?"
Dark moon popular usage, so that calendars will typically indicate the date of the "new moon" rather than the "dark moon". However, the term "new moon" originally referred to the crescent phase on the first night it is visible, one or two days after conjunction. Maritime records from the 19th century distinguish the dark moon (the time when only earthlight illuminates the near side of the Moon) from the new moon and waning moon. The "Oxford English Dictionary" defines the new moon as "the first visible crescent of the Moon, after conjunction with the Sun". "Dark moon" is a term used for
Crescent chaplain badge for Muslim chaplains in the US military in 1993. The crescent symbol is primarily used to represent the Moon, not necessarily in a particular lunar phase. When used to represent a waxing or waning lunar phase, "crescent" or "increscent" refers to the waxing first quarter, while the symbol representing the waning final quarter is called "decrescent". The crescent symbol was long used as a symbol of the Moon in astrology, and by extension of Silver (as the corresponding metal) in alchemy. The astrological use of the symbol is attested in early Greek papyri containing horoscopes. In the 2nd-century