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名詞

gibbous moon (複数形 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.

反意語

• crescent, crescent moon

関連する語

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