crescent moon

crescent moon

English

a crescent moon

Noun

crescent moon (plural crescent moons)

1. 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.

Synonyms

• hilal
• meniscus
• moonsickle
• sickle moon

Hypernyms

• lunar phase

Hyponyms

• (image or other representation of a crescent moon): lunette (obsolete)
• (waning moon): old moon
• (waxing moon): new moon, young moon

Coordinate terms

• new moon, half moon, gibbous moon, full moon

Translations

the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter

Afrikaans: sekelmaan Arabic: هِلَال‎ m (hilāl) Egyptian Arabic: هلال‎ m (hilāl) Burmese: လခြမ်း (my) (la.hkram:) Chinese: Mandarin: 新月 (zh) (xīnyuè) Danish: halvmåne c Dutch: wassenaar (nl) m Finnish: kuunsirppi (fi) French: croissant de lune m Galician: lúa crecente (gl) f German: Mondsichel (de) f Greek: μισοφέγγαρο (el) n (misoféngaro) Haitian Creole: lalin kwasan Hungarian: please add this translation if you can Icelandic: skarður máni Indonesian: bulan sabit (id) Irish: corrán gealaí m Italian: luna crescente, fase di novilunio f, congiunzione (it) f Japanese: 弦月 (gengetsu), 三日月 (ja) (mikazuki) Koasati: niłahasí hahpá Lakota: wílečhala Latin: luna corniculata f Middle English: bente mone Norwegian: månesigd m, halvmåne m Papiamentu: luna kresiente Persian: هلال افزاینده‎ (helāl-e afzāyande) Polish: pierwsza kwadra f Portuguese: lua crescente Spanish: luna creciente Sumerian: 𒌓𒊬 (usakar) Swedish: månskära (sv) Tagalog: bulang gasuklay Ugaritic: 𐎅𐎍𐎍 (hll)

See also

• 🌘, 🌒, 🌙
• gibbous
• Lunar phase on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Crescent Moon on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons