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The moon has four phases which it goes through as it orbits around the earth. Beginning with the new moon, the cycle enters the waxing crescent phase where the moon is visible on the left side with the rest being darkness. When the left half of the moon is visible, it has entered the waxing gibbous stage which lasts until the full moon. From the full moon to where only the right half is visible is called the waning gibbous stage. After the waning gibbous phase comes the waning crescent phase where only the right side is visible in the the form of a crescent. The two periods are waxing and waning, where as the waxing period has the moonlight increasing as compared to the waning period which has it decreasing.

With moonlight increasing during the waxing period, it is better to plant plants which grow above ground: lettuces, cabbage, tomatoes, etc. The reason the waxing period is good for above ground plants is because when the moonlight is increasing the sap in the veins of the plants flows more strongly upward toward the sky which in turn make the plants grow faster and maintain a rapid growth rate until harvest.

The waning period is the exact opposite of the waxing period because the moonlight is decreasing which in turn diminishes the fluid force-field making the sap inside of the plant non-important causing the plant to go more earthward.