gibbous moon

English

Gibbous (lighter) and crescent (darker) shapes.

Noun

gibbous moon (plural gibbous moons)

1. (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.

Antonyms

• crescent, crescent moon

Related terms

• new moon
• first quarter
• last quarter
• full moon

Translations

lunar phase

• Arabic: أَحْدَب (ar) m (ʔaḥdab)
• Finnish: kupera kuu
• French: lune gibbeuse (fr) f
• German: Dreiviertelmond m
• Irish: gealach scothlán f
• Italian: gibbosa crescente f, gibbosa calante f
• Japanese: 凸月 (totsugetsu)
• Latin: luna in orbem insinuata f
• Navajo: ooljééʼ nitʼą́ą́ hanádzá
• Persian: کوژماه (kužmâh)
• Scottish Gaelic: gealach chrotach f
• Spanish: luna gibosa f