the moon
noun
variants
or the Moon
: the large round object that circles the Earth and that shines at night by reflecting light from the sun
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Both varieties of eclipse involve the moon passing perfectly between the Earth and the sun, but unlike in a full eclipse, in an annular eclipse the moon’s disc isn’t large enough to completely obscure the sun.
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Tom Hawking, Popular Science, 26 Dec. 2024
By 1962 the world was in a space frenzy as the United States and the Soviet Union entered the race for the moon.
—James F. Hales Remembering Rogers, arkansasonline.com, 25 Dec. 2024
Other close encounters with the moon occur on Feb. 9 and June 30.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 24 Dec. 2024
This could end up being the first NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) mission to land on the moon after the failure of Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2024
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Tom Hawking, Popular Science, 26 Dec. 2024
By 1962 the world was in a space frenzy as the United States and the Soviet Union entered the race for the moon.
—James F. Hales Remembering Rogers, arkansasonline.com, 25 Dec. 2024
Other close encounters with the moon occur on Feb. 9 and June 30.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 24 Dec. 2024
This could end up being the first NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) mission to land on the moon after the failure of Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2024
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“The moon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20moon. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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