the moon

noun

variants or the Moon

: the large round object that circles the Earth and that shines at night by reflecting light from the sun

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Meanwhile, China appears to be developing some of the proposals beaten out by SMILE, such as a mission to put a constellation of small satellites in orbit around the moon to detect faint signals from the early universe. —

Andrew Jones, Space.com, 22 Jan. 2025 Blue Ghost is on its way to the moon to deploy a fleet of NASA's scientific instruments to study the moon's environment before humans return. —

Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2025 Trump briefly addressed space in his inauguration speech, but did not mention NASA or the space agency’s Artemis program, its current top priority that aims to return astronauts to the moon. —

Michael Sheetz, CNBC, 21 Jan. 2025 Tensions rise towards the middle of February when the moon reaches its peak of fullness. —

Valerie Mesa, People.com, 19 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for the moon