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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Sabianism :: Sabianism (n.) The doctrine of the Sabians; the Sabian religion; that species of idolatry which consists in worshiping the sun, moon, and stars; heliolatry..
Moonshiner :: Moonshiner (n.) A person engaged in illicit distilling; -- so called because the work is largely done at night.
Daylight :: Daylight (n.) The light of day as opposed to the darkness of night; the light of the sun, as opposed to that of the moon or to artificial light..
Moonbeam :: Moonbeam (n.) A ray of light from the moon.
Irradiant :: Irradiant (a.) Irradiating or illuminating; as, the irradiant moon..
Epact :: Epact (n.) The moon's age at the beginning of the calendar year, or the number of days by which the last new moon has preceded the beginning of the year..
Shine :: Shine (v. i.) To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor; as, the sun shines by day; the moon shines by night..
Sunfish :: Sunfish (n.) The moonfish, or bluntnosed shiner..
Neomenia :: Neomenia (n.) The time of the new moon; the beginning of the month in the lunar calendar.
Monthly :: Monthly (adv.) As if under the influence of the moon; in the manner of a lunatic.
Moon :: Moon (n.) A secondary planet, or satellite, revolving about any member of the solar system; as, the moons of Jupiter or Saturn..
Synodically :: Synodical (a.) Pertaining to conjunction, especially to the period between two successive conjunctions; extending from one conjunction, as of the moon or a planet with the sun, to the next; as, a synodical month (see Lunar month, under Month); the synodical revolution of the moon or a planet..
Paraselene :: Paraselene (n.) A mock moon; an image of the moon which sometimes appears at the point of intersection of two lunar halos. Cf. Parhelion.
Mooncalf :: Mooncalf (n.) A dolt; a stupid fellow.
Libration Point :: Libration point (n.) any one of five points in the plane of a system of two large astronomical bodies orbiting each other, as the Earth-moon system, where the gravitational pull of the two bodies on an object are approximately equal, and in opposite directions. A solid object moving in the same velocity and direction as such a libration point will remain in gravitational equilibrium with the two bodies of the system and not fall toward either body..
Peragration :: Peragration (n.) The act or state of passing through any space; as, the peragration of the moon in her monthly revolution..
Luna :: Luna (n.) The moon.
Rise :: Rise (v.) To appear above the horizont, as the sun, moon, stars, and the like..
Halo :: Halo (n.) A luminous circle, usually prismatically colored, round the sun or moon, and supposed to be caused by the refraction of light through crystals of ice in the atmosphere. Connected with halos there are often white bands, crosses, or arches, resulting from the same atmospheric conditions..
Moon-eyed :: Moon-eyed (a.) Having eyes affected by the moon; moonblind; dim-eyed; purblind.
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