 
		
		Definition of wane:
		
		
		(n) :
		
		the waning 
moon; refers to that 
portion of the 
lunar revolution between full and new; decline; failure; diminution; decrease; declension
		
 
			
	
		
		
		(v) :
		
		to be diminished; to decrease; -- contrasted with wax, and especially applied to the illuminated part of the moon; to decline; to fail; to sink