gibbous
Example Sentences
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We had just six more nights to catch the waning gibbous moon.
From New York Times
Both planets appeared at their smallest, with Venus looking like a blob-shaped akin to a gibbous moon.
From Washington Times
On the night of Jan. 3, the reddish dot of Mars will be just above the gibbous moon in the constellation Taurus.
From Washington Post
A waning gibbous moon rises before 10 p.m., and it may wash out some meteors.
From Washington Post
Anyway, under a gibbous moon, almost 200 members of the women’s auxiliary, the “Kluxerettes” — cute, eh? — gathered in a circle at the Montecito summit and buried the constitution and bylaws of the parent klan.
From Los Angeles Times
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