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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As the moon orbits around Earth and Earth orbits around the sun, the amount of sunlight that reflects off the moon and travels to our eyes changes every day until the moon appears as full.
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 23 May 2025
It is designed to be fully reusable to enable trips to low Earth orbit, the moon (NASA's picked Starship to land Artemis astronauts in 2027), and ultimately fly to Mars.
—Tariq Malik, Space.com, 23 May 2025
To make matters worse, two NASA astronauts were in a spacecraft orbiting the moon, with two of their colleagues currently on the lunar surface.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 May 2025
Then, on June 11, the moon will peak in your sign, reminding you that your needs still matter, even when the majority of your focus is on those around you.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 20 May 2025
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 23 May 2025
It is designed to be fully reusable to enable trips to low Earth orbit, the moon (NASA's picked Starship to land Artemis astronauts in 2027), and ultimately fly to Mars.
—Tariq Malik, Space.com, 23 May 2025
To make matters worse, two NASA astronauts were in a spacecraft orbiting the moon, with two of their colleagues currently on the lunar surface.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 May 2025
Then, on June 11, the moon will peak in your sign, reminding you that your needs still matter, even when the majority of your focus is on those around you.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 20 May 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 7 Jun. 2025.
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