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Definitions of gibbous in various dictionaries:
adj - characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column
adj - (used of the moon) more than half full
Characterized by convexity; protuberant.
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| Refers to the moon when it's more than half but not completely full |
| When the moon appears between half & full, it's said to be this, either waxing or waning |
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| If there is a gibbous moon, you can see more than half of the moon but not all of it. |
| (of the moon) having the illuminated part greater than a semicircle and less than a circle. |
| (used of the moon) more than half full |
| characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column |
| Characterized by convexity protuberant. |
| More than half but less than fully illuminated. Used of the moon or a planet. |
| Having a hump humpbacked. |
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The lunar phase or phase of the Moon is the shape of the directly sunlit portion of the Moon as viewed from Earth. The lunar phases gradually and cyclically change over the period of a synodic month (about 29.53 days), as the orbital positions of the Moon around Earth and of Earth around the Sun shift. * The Moon's rotation is tidally locked by Earth's gravity; therefore, most of the same lunar side always faces Earth. This near side is variously sunlit, depending on the position of the Moon in its orbit. Thus, the sunlit portion of this face can vary from 0% (at new moon) to 100% (at full moon). The lunar terminator is the boundary between the illuminated and darkened hemispheres. * Each of the four "intermediate" lunar phases (see below) is around 7.4 days, but this varies slightly due to the elliptical shape of the Moon's orbit. Aside from some craters near the lunar poles, such as Shoemaker, all parts of the Moon see around 14.77 days of daylight, followed by 14.77 days of "night". (Th |