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PHASE OF THE MOON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A time when the Moon presents a particular recurring appearance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("phase of the moon" is a kind of...):
phase ((astronomy) the particular appearance of a body's state of illumination (especially one of the recurring shapes of the part of Earth's moon that is illuminated by the sun))
period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "phase of the moon"):
new moon; new phase of the moon (the time at which the Moon appears as a narrow waxing crescent)
half-moon (the time at which the Moon is at first or last quarter when half its face is illuminated)
full; full-of-the-moon; full moon; full phase of the moon (the time when the Moon is fully illuminated)
