Moon phase
Waning Crescent
Moon phase
The Waning Crescent is the old Moon, a thin crescent rising before dawn. It is the time of rest, surrender, cleansing, and quiet, when the month's energy drains away before renewal.
Uses
- Rest and recovery
- Cleansing and purification
- Letting go
- Banishing and protection
- When
- About twenty-two to twenty-eight days after the New Moon, visible only in the early morning before sunrise.
- Tide
- Waning
- Goddess aspect
- Crone (in the Triple Goddess of modern practice)
- Sun–Moon angle
- 276° to 342°
Working with it
During the Waning Crescent, take a cleansing bath with salt, clean your home, and go to bed early. Let the month end gently.
Intents traditionally worked in the Waning Crescent
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