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Definition of moon

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Moon (n.) The celestial orb which revolves round the earth; the satellite of the earth; a secondary planet, whose light, borrowed from the sun, is reflected to the earth, and serves to dispel the darkness of night. The diameter of the moon is 2,160 miles, its mean distance from the earth is 240,000 miles, and its mass is one eightieth that of the earth. See Lunar month, under Month..

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Geoselenic :: Geoselenic (a.) Pertaining to the earth and moon; belonging to the joint action or mutual relations of the earth and moon; as, geoselenic phenomena..

Selenography :: Selenography (n.) The science that treats of the physical features of the moon; -- corresponding to physical geography in respect to the earth.

Star :: Star (n.) One of the innumerable luminous bodies seen in the heavens; any heavenly body other than the sun, moon, comets, and nebulae..

Moonflower :: Moonflower (n.) A kind of morning glory (Ipomoea Bona-nox) with large white flowers opening at night.

Moonshine :: Moonshine (n.) The light of the moon.

Lunar :: Lunar (a.) Measured by the revolutions of the moon; as, a lunar month..

Moony :: Moony (a.) Silly; weakly sentimental.

Night :: Night (n.) That part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the horizon, or the time from sunset to sunrise; esp., the time between dusk and dawn, when there is no light of the sun, but only moonlight, starlight, or artificial light..

Obscuration :: Obscuration (v. t.) The act or operation of obscuring; the state of being obscured; as, the obscuration of the moon in an eclipse..

Nyctalopia :: Nyctalopia (n.) See Moonblink.

Limb :: Limb (n.) The border or edge of the disk of a heavenly body, especially of the sun and moon..

Moonfish :: Moonfish (n.) A broad, thin, silvery marine fish (Selene vomer); -- called also lookdown, and silver moonfish..

Moonrise :: Moonrise (n.) The rising of the moon above the horizon; also, the time of its rising..

Medialuna :: Medialuna (n.) See Half-moon.

Observation :: Observation (n.) Specifically, the act of measuring, with suitable instruments, some magnitude, as the time of an occultation, with a clock; the right ascension of a star, with a transit instrument and clock; the sun's altitude, or the distance of the moon from a star, with a sextant; the temperature, with a thermometer, etc..

Monthly :: Monthly (adv.) Once a month; in every month; as, the moon changes monthly..

Rille :: Rille (n.) One of certain narrow, crooked valleys seen, by aid of the telescope, on the surface of the moon..

Moong :: Moong (n.) Same as Mung.

Moonie :: Moonie (n.) The European goldcrest.

Ingress :: Ingress (n.) The entrance of the moon into the shadow of the earth in eclipses, the sun's entrance into a sign, etc..