any object resembling a moon; "he made a moon lamp that he used as a night light"; "the clock had a moon that showed various phases"
The moon is the object that you can often see in the sky at night. It goes round the Earth once every four weeks, and as it does so its appearance changes from a circle to part of a circle. the first man on the moon the light of a full moon. see also new moon
any natural satellite of a planet; "Jupiter has sixteen moons" the natural satellite of the Earth; "the average distance to the moon is 384,400 kilometers"; "men first stepped on the moon in 1969" any object resembling a moon; "he made a moon lamp that he used as a night light"; "the clock had a moon that showed various phases" United States religious leader (born in Korea) who founded the Unification Church in 1954; was found guilty of conspiracy to evade taxes (born in 1920) expose one's buttocks to; "moon the audience" be idle in a listless or dreamy way
emphasis If you say that something happens once in a blue moon, you are emphasizing that it does not happen very often at all. Once in a blue moon you get some problems
A moon is an object similar to a small planet that travels around a planet. Neptune's large moon
The celestial orb which revolves round the earth; the satellite of the earth; a secondary planet, whose light, borrowed from the sun, is reflected to the earth, and serves to dispel the darkness of night
A secondary planet, or satellite, revolving about any member of the solar system; as, the moons of Jupiter or Saturn