Moon

See also: moon, mo-on, mòòn, and Möön

English
The Moon's astronomical/astrological symbol (often reversed)
The Earth's moon
The Moon (waning crescent)
The Moon (full)

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English Mone, mone, from Old English mōna, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), from *meh₁- (“to measure”).

Pronunciation
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  • Rhymes: -uːn

Proper noun

Moon

  1. The Earth's moon; the sole natural satellite of the Earth, represented in astronomy and astrology by ☾.
  2. (paganism) A personification of the moon.
    • 1994, Tony Linsell, Anglo-Saxon Mythology, Migration & Magic, Anglo-Saxon Books, →ISBN, page 15:
      Moon, the companion of Night, waxes and wanes, and we call this time a month.
    • 2005, Falcon Stow, An Anglo-Saxon Almanac, privately published, page 13:
      Moon's Day.
    • 2005, Diana Paxson, Taking up the Runes, Weiser Books, →ISBN, page 328:
      Sun come, Moon come, Seed time, dry time, fog and rain, Sowing, growing, reaping, resting, Sun come, Moon come, etc.
  3. A surname.
  4. The 54th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

Synonyms

Derived terms

(Earth's moon):

(surname):

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See also
Solar System in English · Solar System (layout · text)
Star Sun
Planets and
most likely
dwarf planets		 Mercury Venus Earth Mars Ceres Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto
Notable
moons		 — Moon Phobos
Deimos		 — Io
Europa
Ganymede
Callisto		 Mimas
Enceladus
Tethys
Dione
Rhea
Titan
Iapetus
Miranda
Ariel
Umbriel
Titania
Oberon		 Triton Charon
Styx
Nix
Kerberos
Hydra

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