Definitions
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- noun astronomy A
lunar phase either side of thefull moon when the moon's disc as seen from theEarth is larger than asemicircle .
Etymologies
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Here, so far away, the night was calm, the sky full of radiance, the temperature at last bearable, and a sliver of gibbous moon let low gleam smear the southern hemisphere.
A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009
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Here, so far away, the night was calm, the sky full of radiance, the temperature at last bearable, and a sliver of gibbous moon let low gleam smear the southern hemisphere.
A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009
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Here, so far away, the night was calm, the sky full of radiance, the temperature at last bearable, and a sliver of gibbous moon let low gleam smear the southern hemisphere.
A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009
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