crescent moon

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- 1.1 Noun
  - 1.1.1 Coordinate terms
  - 1.1.2 Translations
- 1.2 See also

[edit] English

a crescent moon

[edit] Noun

crescent moon (plural crescent moons)

The Moon as it appears in its first or last quarter
A symbol of Islam

[edit] Coordinate terms

new moon, half moon, gibbous moon, full moon

[edit] Translations

the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter

Danish: halvmåne (da) c.
Irish: corrán gealaí (ga) m.

Japanese: 月型 (ja), 月形 (ja) (tsukigata)
Norwegian: halvmåne (no) m., månesigd (no) m.

[edit] See also

gibbous
Lunar phase on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Lunar phase
Category:Crescent Moon on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons: Category:Crescent Moon

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