Moon
The celestial orb which revolves round the earth; the satellite of the earth; a secondary planet, whose light, borrowed from the sun, is reflected to the earth, and serves to dispel the darkness of night. The diameter of the moon is 2,160 miles, its mean distance from the earth is 240,000 miles, and its mass is one eightieth that of the earth. See Lunar month, under Month.
A secondary planet, or satellite, revolving about any member of the solar system; as, the moons of Jupiter or Saturn.
The time occupied by the moon in making one revolution in her orbit; a month.
A crescentlike outwork. See Half-moon.
To expose to the rays of the moon.
To act if moonstruck; to wander or gaze about in an abstracted manner.
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Moon Quotations
Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.
Buddha
We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls.
Mother Teresa
The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees them; they change and everyone looks up to them.
Confucius
In a very real sense, it will not be one man going to the moon it will be an entire nation. For all of us must work to put him there.
John F. Kennedy
Yeah we all shine on, like the moon, and the stars, and the sun.
John Lennon
When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.
Mahatma Gandhi
Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.
W. Clement Stone
The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance, a palace or temple on the earth, and, at length, the middle-aged man concludes to build a woodshed with them.
Henry David Thoreau
There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls.
George Carlin
Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are unable to think because they congenitally lack the equipment to do so, just as they congenitally lack the equipment to fly over the moon.
H. L. Mencken
Moon Translations
moon in Dutch is maan
moon in Finnish is kuu
moon in French is lune
moon in German is Mond
moon in Italian is luna
moon in Latin is luna
moon in Portuguese is lua
moon in Spanish is luna
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