crescent moon

English

a crescent moon

Noun

crescent moon (plural crescent moons)

1. The Moon as it appears early in its first quarter or late in its last quarter, when only a small arc-shaped section of the visible portion is illuminated by the Sun.

Synonyms

• hilal, meniscus, moonsickle, sickle moon

Antonyms

• gibbous moon

Hypernyms

• lunar phase

Hyponyms

• (image or other representation of a crescent moon): lunette (obsolete)
• (waning moon): old moon
• (waxing moon): new moon, young moon

Coordinate terms

• new moon, half moon, full moon

Translations

the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter

• Afrikaans: sekelmaan
• Arabic: هِلَال m (hilāl)

  Egyptian Arabic: هلال m (hilāl)

• Burmese: လခြမ်း (my) (la.hkram:)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 新月 (zh) (xīnyuè)

• Danish: halvmåne c
• Dutch: wassenaar (nl) m
• Finnish: kuunsirppi (fi)
• French: croissant de lune m
• Galician: lúa crecente (gl) f
• German: Mondsichel (de) f
• Greek: μισοφέγγαρο (el) n (misoféngaro)
• Haitian Creole: lalin kwasan
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Icelandic: skarður máni
• Indonesian: bulan sabit (id)
• Irish: corrán gealaí m
• Italian: luna crescente, fase di novilunio f, congiunzione (it) f
• Japanese: 弦月 (gengetsu), 三日月 (ja) (mikazuki)
• Koasati: niłahasí hahpá
• Lakota: wílečhala
• Latin: luna corniculata f
• Middle English: bente mone
• Norwegian: månesigd m, halvmåne m
• Papiamentu: luna kresiente
• Persian: هلال افزاینده (helâl-e afzâyande)
• Polish: pierwsza kwadra f
• Portuguese: lua crescente
• Spanish: luna creciente
• Sumerian: 𒌓𒊬 (usakar)
• Swedish: månskära (sv)
• Tagalog: bulang gasuklay
• Turkish: hilal (tr), ayça (tr)
• Ugaritic: 𐎅𐎍𐎍 (hll)

See also

• 🌘, 🌒, 🌙
• gibbous
• Lunar phase on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:Crescent Moon on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons