According to a recent study examining 500 lion attacks in Tanzania between 1988 and 2009, the majority occured between dusk and 10pm on nights when the moon was waning.

根据最近的一项对坦桑尼亚自1988年到2009年间攻击人类的500头狮子的研究，多数发生在蚀月的黄昏至晚上10点。

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Its regular phases make the moon a very convenient timepiece, and the periods of its waxing and waning form the basis of many of the oldest calendars.

其规律性的月相使之成为一种非常方便的计时器，很多古老日历的发明都源自对月圆月缺变化的观察。

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A new waning moon was rising gradually, helping us to walk thorough the pear forest.

一弯新月升起了，我们借助淡淡的月光，在忽明忽暗的梨树林里走着。

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Weiszbrod drives us slowly up the switchbacks of 9, 000-foot Kimball Mountain under a starry sky and a waning moon that is just past full, a bright thumb with a dirty fingernail.

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Not to mention when it was a waning moon!

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In the dark, under a starry sky and a waning moon, Todd and I drove up the side of Kimball Mountain, one of the last large peaks on the westernmost slope of the Rockies.

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