moon around/about
phrasal verb
mooned around/about; mooning around/about; moons around/about
British, informal
: to move around slowly because one is unhappy
I was feeling depressed and just mooned about all day.
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People will have the best view of the partial lunar eclipse on Tuesday just after the peak of the full moon around 10:44 p.m. ET.
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Joyce Orlando, The Tennessean, 16 Sep. 2024
With the moon around 27 percent full, viewing opportunities could be favorable.
—Michael Roston, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
Because finding the signal of a planet is hard, but finding the signal of a moon around the planet signal that’s so hard to find is so much worse.
—Janna Levin, Quanta Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
Look west, first on Saturday, Oct. 5 to see a 6%-lit crescent moon about three degrees below and to the left of Venus.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
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Joyce Orlando, The Tennessean, 16 Sep. 2024
With the moon around 27 percent full, viewing opportunities could be favorable.
—Michael Roston, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
Because finding the signal of a planet is hard, but finding the signal of a moon around the planet signal that’s so hard to find is so much worse.
—Janna Levin, Quanta Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
Look west, first on Saturday, Oct. 5 to see a 6%-lit crescent moon about three degrees below and to the left of Venus.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
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“Moon around/about.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moon%20around%2Fabout. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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