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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Moony :: Moony (a.) Of or pertaining to the moon.
Quadrature :: Quadrature (a.) The position of one heavenly body in respect to another when distant from it 90ยก, or a quarter of a circle, as the moon when at an equal distance from the points of conjunction and opposition..
Lunicurrent :: Lunicurrent (a.) Having relation to changes in currents that depend on the moon's phases.
Lunet :: Lunet (n.) A little moon or satellite.
Dracontic :: Dracontic (a.) Belonging to that space of time in which the moon performs one revolution, from ascending node to ascending node. See Dragon's head, under Dragon..
Peragration :: Peragration (n.) The act or state of passing through any space; as, the peragration of the moon in her monthly revolution..
Crescent :: Crescent (n.) Anything having the shape of a crescent or new moon.
Decrescent :: Decrescent (a.) Becoming less by gradual diminution; decreasing; as, a decrescent moon..
Translunary :: Translunary (a.) Being or lying beyond the moon; hence, ethereal; -- opposed to sublunary..
Full-orbed :: Full-orbed (a.) Having the orb or disk complete or fully illuminated; like the full moon.
Reason :: Reason (v. t.) To find by logical processes; to explain or justify by reason or argument; -- usually with out; as, to reason out the causes of the librations of the moon..
Eclipse :: Eclipse (n.) An interception or obscuration of the light of the sun, moon, or other luminous body, by the intervention of some other body, either between it and the eye, or between the luminous body and that illuminated by it. A lunar eclipse is caused by the moon passing through the earth's shadow; a solar eclipse, by the moon coming between the sun and the observer. A satellite is eclipsed by entering the shadow of its primary. The obscuration of a planet or star by the moon or a planet, thoug
Lunarian :: Lunarian (n.) An inhabitant of the moon.
Luna :: Luna (n.) The moon.
Moonling :: Moonling (n.) A simpleton; a lunatic.
Lunar :: Lunar (a.) Resembling the moon; orbed.
Moony :: Moony (a.) Silly; weakly sentimental.
Wane :: Wane (n.) The decrease of the illuminated part of the moon to the eye of a spectator.
Selenography :: Selenography (n.) The science that treats of the physical features of the moon; -- corresponding to physical geography in respect to the earth.
Selenecentric :: Selenecentric (a.) As seen or estimated from the center of the moon; with the moon central.
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