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.
  • Why is it called the corn moon?
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Why is it called the worm moon?
    ABC News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Why is it called the corn moon?
    Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
  • How did beaver moon get its name?
    Sacbee.com, 2 Nov. 2025
  • How did the beaver moon get its name?
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Here's what to know about the snow moon.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 28 Jan. 2026
  • When’s the best time to watch the blue moon?
    Alexiah Syrai Olsen, Sacbee.com, 29 May 2026
  • The quasi-moon will stick around for much longer.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Why is March’s full moon called the worm moon?
    Hali Smith march 1, Idaho Statesman, 1 Mar. 2026
  • What to know about 'quasi-moon' Not quite.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Why is it called the flower moon?
    ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026
  • How did the flower moon get its name?
    Joshua Bessex, Idaho Statesman, 30 Apr. 2026
  • There was a moon above us now, waning.
    Literary Hub, 14 May 2026
  • What is special about a beaver moon?
    Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 4 Nov. 2025
  • What is special about a beaver moon?
    Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The full moon in March is known as the worm moon.
    Jordan Green, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Congrats on your glow-up, moon child.
    Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Even our moon is kicking off the new year with a bang!
    Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Thomas shares that the new moon will jazz up your social life.
    Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 13 June 2026
  • The watch’s face casts a moon-like light on Go-myung’s face.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Show it off during the Leo moon.
    Usa Today, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
  • How would a Chinese moon flight work?
    IEEE Spectrum, 2 Feb. 2026
  • How many moons does Saturn have?
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • And two of those moons may even have oceans warm enough to support life.
    Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 11 May 2023
  • How tall is the Artemis moon rocket?
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Want to get a closer look at Earth's moon?
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Share what’s on your mind during the Leo moon.
    Usa Today, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The blue moon will take place soon, giving us two full moons in the month.
    Julia Gomez, USA Today, 24 May 2026

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
  • Throughout the day, hundreds flock to the fence lining the tracks and moon the passing trains.
    Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2024
  • Who mooned the crowd at graduation?
    Rachel Handler, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025
  • Bart, meanwhile, makes a statement by pulling down his leather and denim trousers to moon the audience.
    CNN, 4 Oct. 2021
  • During one of his court hearings in separate case, Chokr pulled down his pants and mooned the judge.
    Niraj Warikoo, Freep.com, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The procession of mooning stocks.
    Clem Chambers, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
  • Unfortunately, there is a fair bit of mooning on the part of both Will and Summer.
    The Rachel Weisz Gay Index, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Which is to say this candidate was mooning Levine the entire conversation.
    Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 11 July 2024
  • 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
  • His running commentary was informative and funny, helping fill in the story of the landscape and of its stranger features—like the many rafters who kept mooning the train.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 14 July 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • In the season 12 trailer, fans got a glimpse at the new cast finding each other on Hinge, exchanging fiery words between colleagues and mooning Vanderpump herself.
    Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 15 Nov. 2025
  • Leon continued the post, adding a shot of herself mooning the camera in the catsuit while posing with her label-mate Sammy before adding a final clip of herself doing sultry poses on a glowing dance floor.
    Zizi Strater, Peoplemag, 17 May 2023
  • 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
  • First published in 1818, the almanac detailed various information useful for farmers from sunrise and sunset times to moon phases to optimal times to go fishing.
    Jared Gans, The Hill, 7 Nov. 2025
  • 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
  • Everyone processes grief differently — Kate Beckinsale, in particular, recently channeled her mourning emotions into a mooning escapade following the death of her beloved cat, Clive.
    EW.com, 2 July 2024
  • The annual tradition apparently started in 1979 when a patron at a nearby saloon offered to buy a drink for anyone willing to run outside and moon the next train … Cheers, San Juan Capistrano!
    Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2024
  • An unruly passenger flying from Ireland to New York earlier this month got into trouble after allegedly creating multiple disturbances, going so far as to moon a flight attendant and throw an empty can at another passenger.
    Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2022
  • The staging of their wedding on Monday is immediately juxtaposed with the deaths of Mercutio (played flamboyantly, and with a penchant for mooning, by Kasper Hilton-Hille) and Tybalt (Aruna Jalloh).
    Ellise Shafer, Variety, 1 Apr. 2026

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