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

Examples of the moon in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Aldrin became the second person to walk on the moon during Apollo 11, and Lovell became the commander of Apollo 13. — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 11 Nov. 2026

Additional research is needed to see how the approach works in a vacuum or microgravity, two inescapable hurdles to living on the moon. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 10 Nov. 2026

To compensate, Khn utilizes a pedalboard that looks like something that helped Apollo mission control put a man on the moon. — Zachery Proctor, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Nov. 2026

Blue Origin will be pairing up with Firefly to get NASA’s moonfall drones to the surface, which aim to jump around hard-to-reach locations of the moon’s south pole. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2026

Rhymes for the moon

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