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PHASE OF THE MOON

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A time when the Moon presents a particular recurring appearanceplay

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)

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