the crescent moon on the pakistan flag means progress.
what does the crescent moon on the pakistan flag mean?
progress
when the sun and moon are aligned on the same side of the earth, the moon is "new", and the side of the moon facing earth is not illuminated by the sun. as the moon "waxes" (the amount of illuminated surface as seen from earth is increasing), the lunar phases progress through new moon, crescent moon, first-quarter moon, gibbous moon, and full moon. the moon is then said to "wane" as it passes through the gibbous moon, third-quarter moon, crescent moon, and back to new moon. the terms "old moon" and "new moon" are not interchangeable. the "old moon" is a waning sliver (which eventually becomes undetectable to the naked eye) until the moment it aligns with the sun and begins to wax, at which point it becomes new again. "half moon" is often used to mean the first- and third-quarter moons, while the term "quarter" refers to the extent of the moon's cycle around the earth, not its shape.
lunar phase
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crescent moon may refer to:





























bullet::::- a lunar phase waxing until 7 days after or waning since 7 days before the new moon





























bullet::::- crescent, an artistic symbol





























bullet::::- "the crescent moon", a 1913 collection of poetry by rabindranath tagore





























bullet::::- cress (crescent moon darnel), a character in "the lunar chronicles" by marissa meyer





























bullet::::- crescent moon (comics), a fictional dc comics character





























bullet::::- "crescent moon" (manga), the english title of the shōjo manga mikan no tsuki





























bullet::::- "crescent moon" (song), mika nakashima's 2nd single





























bullet::::- "crescent moon" ("the avengers"), an episode of the television series "the avengers"
crescent moon