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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Since both the moon and Regulus will stay low, so seek out a location with a clear and unobstructed view of the western sky.
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Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
President Kennedy’s aspirations to land a man on the moon jump-started American science dominance education in the 1960s, which necessarily rested, in part, on the fundamentals of Darwin’s evolutionary theory.
—Randall Balmer, Twin Cities, 23 July 2025
The draft order comes as SpaceX is ramping up its ambitious project to build a reusable deep-space rocket to carry people to Earth’s orbit, the moon and eventually Mars.
—ArsTechnica, 22 July 2025
On these days, the moon will be at its furthest from the Earth's equator, changing its gravitational pull and causing our planet to spin just a tiny bit faster on its axis, according to science news website LiveScience.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 22 July 2025
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Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
President Kennedy’s aspirations to land a man on the moon jump-started American science dominance education in the 1960s, which necessarily rested, in part, on the fundamentals of Darwin’s evolutionary theory.
—Randall Balmer, Twin Cities, 23 July 2025
The draft order comes as SpaceX is ramping up its ambitious project to build a reusable deep-space rocket to carry people to Earth’s orbit, the moon and eventually Mars.
—ArsTechnica, 22 July 2025
On these days, the moon will be at its furthest from the Earth's equator, changing its gravitational pull and causing our planet to spin just a tiny bit faster on its axis, according to science news website LiveScience.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 22 July 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 29 Jul. 2025.
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