"lunar phase" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: lunar phases [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} lunar phase (plural lunar phases)
  1. (astronomy) Any of the near-monthly cyclically occurring aspects or appearances presented by a moon as seen from its planet (unless otherwise specified, the Moon as seen from Earth). Wikipedia link: lunar phase Categories (topical): Astronomy, Calendar, Moon, Periodic occurrences Synonyms: moonphase, phase of the moon Related terms: blood moon, blue moon, strawberry moon, harvest moon (english: these are recurrent but less frequently than near-monthly) Translations (any one of the aspects presented by the moon): fase lunar [feminine] (Catalan), 月相 (yuèxiàng) (Chinese Mandarin), fáze měsíce [feminine] (Czech), månefase [common-gender] (Danish), schijngestalte van de Maan [feminine] (Dutch), luna fazo (Esperanto), kuu faas (Estonian), phase lunaire [feminine] (French), fase lunar [feminine] (Galician), მთვარის ფაზა (mtvaris paza) (Georgian), Mondphase [feminine] (German), σεληνιακή φάση (seliniakí fási) [feminine] (Greek), holdfázis (Hungarian), fase lunare [feminine] (Italian), 月相 (gessō) (alt: げっそう) (Japanese), 月の位相 (tsuki no isō) (alt: つきのいそう) (Japanese), 달의 위상 (dar-ui wisang) (Korean), 월상 (wolsang) (alt: 月相) (Korean), phasis lūnae [feminine] (Latin), vicis lūnae [feminine] (Latin), месечева мена (mesečeva mena) [feminine] (Macedonian), månefase [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), månefase [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), fase da lua (Portuguese), фа́за Луны (fáza Luny) [feminine] (Russian), лунная фа́за (lunnaja fáza) [feminine] (Russian), fase lunar [feminine] (Spanish), månfas [common-gender] (Swedish)

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      "roman": "tsuki no isō",
      "sense": "any one of the aspects presented by the moon",
      "word": "月の位相"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "dar-ui wisang",
      "sense": "any one of the aspects presented by the moon",
      "word": "달의 위상"
    },
    {
      "alt": "月相",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "wolsang",
      "sense": "any one of the aspects presented by the moon",
      "word": "월상"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "any one of the aspects presented by the moon",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "phasis lūnae"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "any one of the aspects presented by the moon",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vicis lūnae"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "mesečeva mena",
      "sense": "any one of the aspects presented by the moon",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "месечева мена"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "any one of the aspects presented by the moon",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "månefase"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "any one of the aspects presented by the moon",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "månefase"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "any one of the aspects presented by the moon",
      "word": "fase da lua"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fáza Luny",
      "sense": "any one of the aspects presented by the moon",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "фа́за Луны"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lunnaja fáza",
      "sense": "any one of the aspects presented by the moon",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лунная фа́за"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any one of the aspects presented by the moon",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fase lunar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "any one of the aspects presented by the moon",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "månfas"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lunar phase"
}

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