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- noun astronomy Either of the intermediate stages between the new and full moons. In spite of the name, half of the Moon's visible portion is lit up during a quarter moon.
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Examples
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By the quarter moon, like tonight, the earth appears quarter, too.
Boing Boing Xeni Jardin 2010
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By the quarter moon, like tonight, the earth appears quarter, too.
Boing Boing Mike Brown 2010
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Marino’s LTD was an inferno against the black night, flames dancing, licking up toward the quarter moon.
Body of Evidence Patricia Cornwell 1991
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Marino’s LTD was an inferno against the black night, flames dancing, licking up toward the quarter moon.
Body of Evidence Patricia Cornwell 1991
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