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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The sky was cloudless and dark with the moon’s light now below the horizon.
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Sheeka Sanahori, Outside, 11 Nov. 2025
Who gives a f— about the moon and the flag!
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 11 Nov. 2025
That's still pretty far away, about 270 times further away than the moon, according to space website Orbital Today.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
But the moon doesn’t quite tick all the boxes the same way as Mars does, yeah.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2025
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Sheeka Sanahori, Outside, 11 Nov. 2025
Who gives a f— about the moon and the flag!
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 11 Nov. 2025
That's still pretty far away, about 270 times further away than the moon, according to space website Orbital Today.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
But the moon doesn’t quite tick all the boxes the same way as Mars does, yeah.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the moon
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“The moon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20moon. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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