Usually means: More than half illuminated moon.
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  1. gibbous moon: Wiktionary
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  1. GIBBOUS MOON: Zoom Astronomy Glossary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (gibbous moon)

▸ noun:  (astronomy) A lunar phase either side of the full moon when the moon's disc as seen from the Earth is larger than a semicircle.

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Greip, gibber, gibship, globie, globosity, Geminid, giber, glooming, Gǃòʼé ǃHú, gibibit, more...

Opposite:
crescent, waning, new, thin

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Similar:
Greip, gibber, gibship, globie, globosity, Geminid, giber, glooming, Gǃòʼé ǃHú, gibibit, more...

Opposite:
crescent, waning, new, thin



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