half-moon
Quarter moon phase
A half-moon is the moon when half its disk appears illuminated—either the first or third quarter phase.
The shape extends to anything semicircular: a half-moon window, half-moon glasses, the pale half-moon at the base of a fingernail.
The half-moon hung low over the rooftops.
Curved sickle-like arc
- semicircleHalf a ring
- arcCurved line segment
- curveSmooth, angleless line
- lunetteCrescent-shaped architectural opening
arch · bend · sickle · meniscus · boomerang · dome · vault · camber
Coating for shine
- waningGradually decreasing in intensity
- growingIncreasing or enlarging
- diminishingBecoming progressively less
- increasingBecoming greater in amount
decreasing · expanding · shrinking · swelling · receding · fading · brightening · cycling
Coating for shine
Impact or volcanic basin
- mareFemale adult equine
- regolithFragmented covering over bedrock
- selenologyScientific study of the moon
- tidesPeriodic sea-level changes
orbit · moonlight · moonrise · moonset · lunation · perigee · apogee · highlands
Bathed in lunar glow
- moonbeamLight from lunar reflection
- twilightLight after sunset
- darknessTotal absence of light
- nocturnalActive during darkness
starlight · nightfall · midnight · gloaming · dusk · silhouette · luminescence · nightshade
crescent
Curved sickle-like arc
- semicircleHalf a ring
- arcCurved line segment
- curveSmooth, angleless line
lunette · arch · bend · sickle · meniscus · boomerang · dome · vault · camber · concave
waxing
Coating for shine
- waningGradually decreasing in intensity
- growingIncreasing or enlarging
- diminishingBecoming progressively less
increasing · decreasing · expanding · shrinking · swelling · receding · fading · brightening · cycling · transitioning
waxing
Coating for shine
crater
Impact or volcanic basin
- mareFemale adult equine
- regolithFragmented covering over bedrock
- selenologyScientific study of the moon
tides · orbit · moonlight · moonrise · moonset · lunation · perigee · apogee · highlands · basalt
moonlit
Bathed in lunar glow
nocturnal · starlight · nightfall · midnight · gloaming · dusk · silhouette · luminescence · nightshade · starry
poleaxe
Hafted armor-piercing weapon
- halberdAxe-headed infantry pike
- glaiveBladed polearm weapon
- battle-axeHeavy bladed war tool
- fortificationsfort, fortress, fortresses, citadel, citadels
- shapescircle, square, triangle, rectangle, oval
- nail partsnail bed, nail plate, cuticle, lunula, free edge
- curvescurve, arc, curves, curls, curl
- handbagspurse, purses, clutch, clutch bag, clutches
- convex shapessphere, dome, hemisphere, globe, orb
half-moonfull moon
Completely lit satellite phase
new moon · gibbous moon · crescent moon · full · total lunar eclipse