Definition of moon

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Moon (n.) The time occupied by the moon in making one revolution in her orbit; a month.

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Moonset :: Moonset (n.) The descent of the moon below the horizon; also, the time when the moon sets..
Conjunction :: Conjunction (n.) The meeting of two or more stars or planets in the same degree of the zodiac; as, the conjunction of the moon with the sun, or of Jupiter and Saturn. See the Note under Aspect, n., 6..
Luna :: Luna (n.) The moon.
Semilunar :: Semilunar (a.) Shaped like a half moon.
Moonling :: Moonling (n.) A simpleton; a lunatic.
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..
Dichotomy :: Dichotomy (n.) That phase of the moon in which it appears bisected, or shows only half its disk, as at the quadratures..
Plenilunary :: Plenilunary (a.) Of or pertaining to the full moon.
Luniform :: Luniform (a.) Resembling the moon in shape.
Mooned :: Mooned (a.) Of or resembling the moon; symbolized by the moon.
Eclipse :: Eclipse (v. t.) To cause the obscuration of; to darken or hide; -- said of a heavenly body; as, the moon eclipses the sun..
Lunation :: Lunation (n.) The period of a synodic revolution of the moon, or the time from one new moon to the next; varying in length, at different times, from about 29/ to 29/ days, the average length being 29 d., 12h., 44m., 2.9s..
Limb :: Limb (n.) The border or edge of the disk of a heavenly body, especially of the sun and moon..
Falcated :: Falcated (a.) Hooked or bent like a sickle; as, a falcate leaf; a falcate claw; -- said also of the moon, or a planet, when horned or crescent-formed..
Buat :: Buat (n.) A lantern; also, the moon..
Moonseed :: Moonseed (n.) A climbing plant of the genus Menispermum; -- so called from the crescentlike form of the seeds.
Syzygy :: Syzygy (n.) The point of an orbit, as of the moon or a planet, at which it is in conjunction or opposition; -- commonly used in the plural..
Menispermic :: Menispermic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, moonseed (Menispermum), or other plants of the same family, as the Anamirta Cocculus..
Supermaterial :: Superlunary (a.) Being above the moon; not belonging to this world; -- opposed to sublunary.
Moonshine :: Moonshine (n.) The light of the moon.
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