Definition of Gibbous
a moon phase in which the illuminated part is greater than a semi-circle but not all the way full
Examples of Gibbous in a sentence
The large, gibbous moon illuminated the night sky with only a small sliver missing. 🔊
Blocking some of the firework display, the gibbous moon’s almost full illumination covered a good portion of the sky. 🔊
Growing from a crescent to a gibbous, the moon approached the full phase. 🔊
As its size continues to decrease, the moon dwindled from a mostly-full gibbous to a thin crescent. 🔊
The growing gibbous moon seemed to expand each night until we were able to see its full sunlit face. 🔊
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