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词汇 gibbous moon
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Definition of gibbous moon in English:

gibbous moon

noun
  • The phase of the moon in which its illuminated part is greater than a semicircle and less than a circle.

    a gibbous moon hung in the pre-dawn sky
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The open doors to the garden let in the hard white light of the gibbous moon, and the heady smell of night-blooming flowers.
    • The desert beyond is dimly visible in the light of the gibbous moon.
    • The gibbous moon rides low across the southern sky these evenings, and for the next few days it is crossing the constellation of Scorpius.
    • A wan and gibbous moon appeared briefly before it followed the sun.
    • She set off through the dark, silent woods, as the gibbous moon surfaced from its sea of clouds.
    • The treetops were bathed in moonlight from the gibbous moon but beneath their boughs the shadows held sway.
    • The waning gibbous moon was obscured by thick clouds so I had trouble making out the road in front of me.
    • The cloudiness will decrease and the waning gibbous moon will shine later tonight.
    • The rising gibbous moon was ghostly from New Jersey, but by the Manhattan evening it was sharp and bright.
    • Tonight, the bright crater Aristarchus is visible on the gibbous Moon.
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