lunar phase

English

Noun

lunar phase (plural lunar phases)

(astronomy) Any of the near-monthly cyclically occurring aspects or appearances presented by a moon as seen from its planet (unless otherwise specified, the Moon as seen from Earth).

Synonyms

Hyponyms

crescent moon
dark moon
first quarter moon
full moon
gibbous moon
last quarter moon
new moon
old moon
waning crescent moon
waning gibbous moon
waxing crescent moon
waxing gibbous moon
waning moon
waxing moon

Related terms

blood moon, blue moon, strawberry moon, harvest moon (these are recurrent but less frequently than near-monthly)

Translations

any one of the aspects presented by the moon

Catalan: fase lunar f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 月相 (zh) (yuèxiàng)
Czech: fáze měsíce f
Danish: månefase c
Dutch: schijngestalte van de Maan f
Esperanto: luna fazo
Estonian: kuu faas
French: phase lunaire f
Galician: fase lunar f
Georgian: მთვარის ფაზა (mtvaris paza)
German: Mondphase (de) f
Greek: σεληνιακή φάση f (seliniakí fási)
Hungarian: holdfázis (hu)
Italian: fase lunare f
Japanese: 月相 (げっそう, gessō), 月の位相 (つきのいそう, tsuki no isō)
Korean: 달의 위상 (dar-ui wisang), 월상(月相) (wolsang)
Latin: phasis lūnae f, vicis lūnae f
Macedonian: месечева мена f (mesečeva mena)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: månefase (no) m

Nynorsk: månefase m
Portuguese: fase da lua
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} fază lunară
Russian: фа́за Луны f (fáza Luny), лунная фа́за f (lunnaja fáza)
Spanish: fase lunar f
Swedish: månfas (sv) c

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