Phrase Hound found 79 phrases and 31 compound words that contain moons. The most common are listed below. Open moons in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 79
- Galilean moonsplural of Galilean moon: Any of the four Galilean moons.
- half-moonsplural of half-moon: The moon in its first or last quarter when only half the visible face is illuminated; a quarter moon.
- moon-moonsplural of moon-moon: A moon that orbits a larger moon.
- new moonsplural of new moon: The phase of the moon when it is in conjunction with the sun and is therefore obscured.
- old moonsplural of old moon: The phase of the moon when it is waning.
- shepherd moonsplural of shepherd moon: A small moon that orbits near the outer edges of a planetary ring or within gaps in the ring. The edge of the ring remains sharply defined owing to the gravity of shepherd moons.
- Trojan moonsplural of Trojan moon: A pseudo-moon that occupies a Trojan point of a system.
- fingernail moonsplural of fingernail moon: A lunula of a fingernail.
- barley moonsplural of barley moon: A full moon in August.
- beaver moonsplural of beaver moon: A full moon in November.
- black moonsplural of black moon: Any of various new moons or absences of them, within a year.
- blood moonsplural of blood moon: The moon as it appears during a total lunar eclipse.
- blue moonsplural of blue moon: An extra full moon that appears in a subdivision of a year, namely:
- buck moonsplural of buck moon: A full moon occurring in July.
- cold moonsplural of cold moon: A full moon in December.
- corn moonsplural of corn moon: A full moon in September.
- crescent moonsplural of crescent moon: The Moon as it appears early in its first quarter or late in its last quarter, when only a small arc-shaped section of the visible portion is illuminated by the Sun.
- crow moonsplural of crow moon: A full moon in March.
- dark moonsplural of dark moon: The last visible crescent of a waning moon.
- deer moonsplural of deer moon: A full moon in July.
- Easter Moonsplural of Easter Moon: The first full moon of spring by a tropical year.
- egg moonsplural of egg moon: A full moon in April.
- fish moonsplural of fish moon: A full moon in April.
- flower moonsplural of flower moon: A full moon in May.
- frost moonsplural of frost moon: A full moon in November.
Compound words 31
- honeymoonsplural of honeymoon: The period of time immediately following a marriage.
- moonscapeA view of an area of the Moon.
- moonstonesplural of moonstone: A translucent gemstone, an orthoclase feldspar, that has a pearly lustre.
- moonseedA twining plant of the genera Menispermum or Cocculus, in the family Menispermaceae.
- moonshotAlternative spelling of moon shot: The launching of a spacecraft or an object to orbit or land on the Moon.
- antimoonsplural of antimoon: The hypothetical analog of the Moon, revolving around the antiearth.
- babymoonsplural of babymoon: A period of calm spent together by a newborn baby and its parents.
- exomoonsplural of exomoon: A moon that is outside the Solar System (our solar system).
- familymoonsplural of familymoon: A honeymoon in which the newlywed couple bring along their children.
- fullmoonsplural of fullmoon: The phase of the moon when it is in opposition to the sun and its full disc is therefore visible.