gibbous moon
Noun
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Noun
gibbous moon (plural gibbous moons)
- (astronomy) A lunar phase either side of the full moon when the moon's disc as seen from the Earth is larger than a semicircle.
- 1911, Madison Cawein, Garden Gossip
- A bat, against the gibbous moon,
- Danced, implike, with its lone delight;
- The glowworm scrawled a golden rune
- Upon the dark; and, emerald-strewn,
- The firefly hung with lamps the night.
- 1911, Madison Cawein, Garden Gossip
- French: lune gibbeuse
- Italian: gibbosa crescente, gibbosa calante
- Spanish: luna gibosa
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