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 dozens of baby coral in Figueiredo’s windowless lab on Dania Beach are now illuminated by cornflower blue light that mimics the sun at night and the moon in the middle of the day.
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Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
In 2011's Transformers: Dark of the Moon, set two years after the events of the previous film, Optimus Prime and the Autobots discover that humans found a spacecraft from Cybertron hidden on the dark side of the moon.
—Rendy Jones August 27, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Monday evening's test was a crucial milestone for Elon Musk’s ambitious plans to use Starship to bring astronauts to the moon and, eventually, conquer Mars.
—Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The baroness is determined to build a hotel on the island, which a century ago might as well be like building a hotel on the moon.
—Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
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Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
In 2011's Transformers: Dark of the Moon, set two years after the events of the previous film, Optimus Prime and the Autobots discover that humans found a spacecraft from Cybertron hidden on the dark side of the moon.
—Rendy Jones August 27, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Monday evening's test was a crucial milestone for Elon Musk’s ambitious plans to use Starship to bring astronauts to the moon and, eventually, conquer Mars.
—Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The baroness is determined to build a hotel on the island, which a century ago might as well be like building a hotel on the moon.
—Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 22 Aug. 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 1 Sep. 2025.
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