Meanings
noungibbous moon (plural gibbous moons)
plural gibbous moons
- astronomyA lunar phase either side of the full moon when the moon's disc as seen from the Earth is larger than a semicircle.
A bat, against the gibbous moons, 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.
1911, Madison Cawein, Garden Gossip
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
Translations
Arabic أَحْدَب
- أَحْدَب (ʔaḥdab)lunar phase
Finnish kupera kuu
- kupera kuulunar phase
French lune gibbeuse
- lune gibbeuselunar phase
German Dreiviertelmond
- Dreiviertelmondlunar phase
Irish gealach scothlán
- gealach scothlánlunar phase
Italian gibbosa crescente, gibbosa calante
- gibbosa crescentelunar phase
- gibbosa calantelunar phase
Japanese 凸月
- 凸月 (totsugetsu)lunar phase
Latin luna in orbem insinuata
- luna in orbem insinuatalunar phase
Persian کوژماه
- کوژماه (kužmâh)lunar phase
Scottish Gaelic gealach chrotach
- gealach chrotachlunar phase
Spanish luna gibosa
- luna gibosalunar phase
Cite this entry
APA
gibbous moon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gibbous%20moon
MLA
“gibbous moon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gibbous%20moon. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gibbous moon,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gibbous%20moon.
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