How to Use moon in a Sentence

moon

1 of 2 noun
  • The telescope makes the craters on the surface of the moon incredibly clear.
  • Europa and Io are both moons of Jupiter.
  • In the sky, the Halloween moon raced in and out of the clouds...
    Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 19 July 2023
  • Deep in the night, sometimes, the sinking moon lit up the ocean.
    Zach Williams, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
  • How will the new moon in Cancer impact the rest of your year?
    Korin Miller, Women's Health, 15 July 2023
  • And two of those moons may even have oceans warm enough to support life.
    Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 11 May 2023
  • This occurs during the day when the sun, moon and Earth align in a straight line.
    The Arizona Republic, 8 Apr. 2024
  • The new moon in Leo seeds a fresh cycle around alliances.
    USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2023
  • In sci-fi, we’re used to being on a moon base or a crazy planet.
    Emily Zemler, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Deimos, the smaller of the two moons of Mars, might be a chip off the old block — quite literally.
    Jonathan O’Callaghan, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2023
  • This kind of eclipse happens when the Earth moves between the sun and moon, according to In-the-Sky.org.
    Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 1 May 2023
  • Through Tonight: Be on the lookout for a neat sunset, plus tonight a super moon.
    Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2023
  • There was a balloon arch and Southwest staffers dressed as the sun and moon for one last photo op on the way out.
    Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2024
  • The spectacle will be the second-largest moon that has appeared to date this year.
    Amudalat Ajasa, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Aug. 2023
  • This year’s Perseids peak just a few days before the new moon on Aug. 16.
    Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Stokes followed with a moon shot that went in from well beyond the arc, widening the advantage to 28-18.
    Darren Sabedra, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Here’s what else your zodiac sign can expect from the new moon in Leo.
    Korin Miller, Women's Health, 14 Aug. 2023
  • The extended tour may go a long way in determining whether all of the Galilean moons were born with the same amount of ice.
    Nola Taylor Tillman, Scientific American, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The photos, which were taken from the Cassini spacecraft, show the unique moon in a new level of detail.
    Michael Lee, Fox News, 1 Oct. 2023
  • But distinct heavenly lights -- sun, moon, and stars -- did not come until the fourth.
    Christian Schneider, National Review, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Islam’s holiest month begins with the sighting of the first crescent after the new moon.
    Sufian Taha, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024
  • With the soft, eerie light, the seal resembles a planet or moon glimpsed from outer space, hence the photograph’s name.
    Carolyn Hagler, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2023
  • The second moon’s umbra — the shadowy area that darkens the Earth during an eclipse — would also cover twice the area that the first moon does.
    Matt Benoit, Discover Magazine, 1 Dec. 2023
  • The framework is vague enough to fit into friendships of all kinds, but the results are honored as much as someone’s moon sign.
    Isabel McMahon, Women's Health, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Waxing Crescent After the new moon, the moon enters the waxing crescent phase.
    Terri Robertson, Country Living, 31 July 2023
  • If the mission is successful, Artemis III -- a moon landing -- is scheduled for 2025.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 8 Jan. 2024
  • One detected moons around Saturn in the mid-2000s using the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii.
    Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2023
  • The hour, minute and seconds hands are also treated with a luminous compound, and in a final flourish, so are the stars and moon in the sky of the moon phase disk.
    Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Saturn’s largest moon Titan has an enigmatic air fit for a Dune script.
    Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Mar. 2024
  • They can no more be discovered with pure thought than Jupiter’s moons can be discerned by squinting.
    Quanta Magazine, 26 Jan. 2024
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moon

2 of 2 verb
  • One of the boys mooned the crowd.
  • One of the boys mooned at the crowd.
  • The whole reason for mooning a group text in the first place.
    Madeline Buxton, refinery29.com, 6 June 2018
  • The paintings in the last two groups show their backsides, as if mooning viewers.
    David Pagel, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2019
  • She and Tom Arnold had mooned the crowd at a World Series game to show off their matching tattoos.
    Kate Stanhope, latimes.com, 10 Apr. 2018
  • A: Is there nothing as pathetic as a sad face mooning over an empty food bowl?
    Patty Khuly, miamiherald, 10 May 2017
  • Someone apparently isn’t mooning over the huge, 10-by-30-foot mural that shows the bare buttocks of the Garden of Eden couple.
    USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2019
  • A man wrapped in an Australian flag jumped onto the stage and mooned the camera before being tackled by a security guard.
    Christopher D. Shea, New York Times, 13 May 2017
  • Then later, upon being released on bail, the man bizarrely dropped his pants and mooned photographers outside the court building.
    Fox News, 28 Sep. 2018
  • Many on social media, however, did not find the mooning pumpkin man offensive and hit out at HOA’s policies.
    Alexandra Deabler, Fox News, 16 Oct. 2019
  • The old Birmingham guard repaid the favor by using the worlds' largest cast iron statue to perpetually moon the little town that preferred seeking its own stars.
    Birmingham Magazine, AL.com, 19 Feb. 2018
  • These days any rocketeer wishing to get staggeringly pie-eyed and maybe moon the Moon will have to hitch a ride with another space agency altogether.
    David Arky, Smithsonian, 20 Mar. 2018
  • He’s even accused demonstrators of mooning security forces to provoke them.
    Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2019
  • Incredibly, #MeToo Marilyn, her body posed tilting slightly forward, will even be positioned to moon the museum.
    Christopher Knight Art Critic, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2021
  • This episode, best remembered for the moment in which Julia accidentally moons a crowd (including the mayor of Atlanta), is a reminder that the series excelled at physical comedy in addition to sharp and rapid-fire dialogue.
    Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2019
  • One of the boys mooned the crowd.
  • One of the boys mooned at the crowd.
  • The whole reason for mooning a group text in the first place.
    Madeline Buxton, refinery29.com, 6 June 2018
  • The paintings in the last two groups show their backsides, as if mooning viewers.
    David Pagel, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2019
  • She and Tom Arnold had mooned the crowd at a World Series game to show off their matching tattoos.
    Kate Stanhope, latimes.com, 10 Apr. 2018
  • A: Is there nothing as pathetic as a sad face mooning over an empty food bowl?
    Patty Khuly, miamiherald, 10 May 2017
  • Someone apparently isn’t mooning over the huge, 10-by-30-foot mural that shows the bare buttocks of the Garden of Eden couple.
    USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2019
  • A man wrapped in an Australian flag jumped onto the stage and mooned the camera before being tackled by a security guard.
    Christopher D. Shea, New York Times, 13 May 2017
  • Then later, upon being released on bail, the man bizarrely dropped his pants and mooned photographers outside the court building.
    Fox News, 28 Sep. 2018
  • Many on social media, however, did not find the mooning pumpkin man offensive and hit out at HOA’s policies.
    Alexandra Deabler, Fox News, 16 Oct. 2019
  • The old Birmingham guard repaid the favor by using the worlds' largest cast iron statue to perpetually moon the little town that preferred seeking its own stars.
    Birmingham Magazine, AL.com, 19 Feb. 2018
  • These days any rocketeer wishing to get staggeringly pie-eyed and maybe moon the Moon will have to hitch a ride with another space agency altogether.
    David Arky, Smithsonian, 20 Mar. 2018
  • He’s even accused demonstrators of mooning security forces to provoke them.
    Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2019
  • Incredibly, #MeToo Marilyn, her body posed tilting slightly forward, will even be positioned to moon the museum.
    Christopher Knight Art Critic, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2021
  • This episode, best remembered for the moment in which Julia accidentally moons a crowd (including the mayor of Atlanta), is a reminder that the series excelled at physical comedy in addition to sharp and rapid-fire dialogue.
    Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2019

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