crescent moon

English

Noun

crescent moon (plural crescent moons)

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
Esperanto: lunarko
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
Korean: 초승(初生)달 (choseungdal), 신월(新月) (sinwol), 현월(弦月) (hyeonwol)
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

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gibbous
Lunar phase on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Category:Crescent Moon on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons