lunar phase

English

Noun

lunar phase (plural lunar phases)

1. (astronomy) Any of the near-monthly cyclically occurring aspects or appearances presented by a moon as seen from its planet (unless otherwise specified, the Moon as seen from Earth).

Synonyms

• moonphase
• phase of the moon

Hyponyms

• crescent moon
• dark moon
• first quarter moon
• full moon
• gibbous moon
• last quarter moon
• new moon
• old moon
• waning crescent moon
• waning gibbous moon
• waxing crescent moon
• waxing gibbous moon
• waning moon
• waxing moon

Related terms

• blood moon, blue moon, strawberry moon, harvest moon (these are recurrent but less frequently than near-monthly)

Translations

any one of the aspects presented by the moon

• Catalan: fase lunar f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 月相 (zh) (yuèxiàng)

• Czech: fáze měsíce f
• Danish: månefase c
• Dutch: schijngestalte van de Maan f
• Esperanto: luna fazo
• Estonian: kuu faas
• French: phase lunaire f
• Galician: fase lunar f
• Georgian: მთვარის ფაზა (mtvaris paza)
• German: Mondphase (de) f
• Greek: σεληνιακή φάση f (seliniakí fási)
• Hungarian: holdfázis (hu)
• Italian: fase lunare f
• Japanese: 月相 (げっそう, gessō), 月の位相 (つきのいそう, tsuki no isō)
• Korean: 달의 위상 (dar-ui wisang), 월상(月相) (wolsang)
• Latin: phasis lūnae f, vicis lūnae f
• Macedonian: месечева мена f (mesečeva mena)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: månefase (no) m

  Nynorsk: månefase m

• Portuguese: fase da lua
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} fază lunară
• Russian: фа́за Луны f (fáza Luny), лунная фа́за f (lunnaja fáza)
• Spanish: fase lunar f
• Swedish: månfas (sv) c