Moony: alternatives and connections

apoapsis in orbit around the moon

apoapsis in orbit around the moon

To pass from one phase to another; as, the moon changes to-morrow night.

The increasing moon; the moon in her first quarter, or when defined by a concave and a convex edge; also, applied improperly to the ol…

The wane of the moon.

An interception or obscuration of the light of the sun, moon, or other luminous body, by the intervention of some other body, either b…

The reappearance of a heavenly body after an eclipse or occultation; as, the emersion of the moon from the shadow of the earth; the em…

The moon's age at the beginning of the calendar year, or the number of days by which the last new moon has preceded the beginning of t…

the time when the Moon is fully illuminated; "the moon is at the full"

Pertaining to the earth and moon; belonging to the joint action or mutual relations of the earth and moon; as, geoselenic phenomena.

Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant; convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the half-moon and the full moon.

To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax; as, the moon increases.

Increasing; on the increase; -- said of the moon represented as the new moon, with the points turned toward the dexter side.

Belonging or pertaining to the time when the moon, at or near its conjunction with the sun, is invisible.

(astronomy) a real or apparent slow oscillation of a moon or satellite; "the libration of the moon"

Of or pertaining to the moon; as, lunar observations.

The period of a synodic revolution of the moon, or the time from one new moon to the next; varying in length, at different times, from…

Resulting from the united action, or pertaining to the mutual relations, of the sun and moon.