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Definition: Moonlight |
MoonlightNoun1. The light of the moon; "moonlight is the smuggler's enemy"; "the moon was bright enough to read by". Verb1. Work a second job, usually after hours; "The law student is moonlighting as a taxi driver". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "moonlight" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
This page refers to Earth's moon. For other moons in the solar system, please see natural satellite. See also: the Luna program of unmanned space missions. For other things named Moon see Moon (disambiguation).
Luna
Orbital characteristics Mean radius 384,400 km Eccentricity 0.0549 Revolution period 27d 7h 43.7m Inclination 5.1454° Is a satellite of Earth Physical characteristics Equatorial diameter 3,474.8 km Surface area 38 million km2 Mass 7.349 × 1022 kg Mean density 3.34 g/cm3 Surface gravity 1.62 m/s2 Rotation period 27d 7h 43.7m Axial tilt 1.5424° Albedo 0.12 Surface temp
min mean max K 250 K K Atmospheric characteristics Atmospheric pressure 3 × 10-13kPa Helium 25% Neon 25% Hydrogen 23% Argon 20% Methane
Ammonia
Carbon dioxidetrace Crust composition Oxygen 43% Silicon 21% Aluminium 10% Calcium 9% Iron 9% Magnesium 5% Titanium 2% Nickel 0.6% Sodium 0.3% Chromium 0.2% Potassium 0.1% Manganese 0.1% Sulfur 0.1% Phosphorus 500ppm Carbon 100ppm Nitrogen 100ppm Hydrogen 50ppm Helium 20ppm The Moon is the largest satellite of the Earth. It has no formal name other than "The Moon" although it is occasionally called Luna (Latin for moon) to distinguish it from the generic "moon." The words moon and month come from the same Old English root word.
The color image of the Moon to the right was taken by the Galileo spacecraft at 9:35 a.m. PST December 9, 1990, at a range of about 350,000 miles.
The side of Luna that faces away from the Earth is properly called "the far side." It is sometimes referred to as the "dark side" of the Moon. In this case "dark" means unknown and hidden; it also refers to the "communications black out" which occurs as a spacecraft travels on the far side; this black out is a result of the moon's mass blocking radio signals. This term, "dark side", is often erroneously interperted as referring to a lack of solar radiation. The Sun can be seen from the far side. Most of the far side cannot be seen from the Earth, because the planet and its moon have a synchronic relationship; a small portion of the far side can be seen, from Earth, due to libration.
The near side of Luna is covered with ~30,000 craters having a diameter of at least 1 kilometer. The largest crater on Luna, and indeed the largest known crater within the solar system, forms the South Pole-Aitken basin. This crater is located on the far side, near the south pole, and is some 2,240km in diameter, and 13km in depth.
The Moon and the Celestial Sphere
The Moon makes a complete orbit of the celestial sphere about every four weeks. Each hour the moon moves in the sky a distance close to its perceived angular size, or by about 0.5º. The Moon always remains within a path, called the Zodiac, which extends about 8º on either side of the ecliptic. Luna crosses the ecliptic about once every 2 weeks.
Brief History of Lunar Understanding
During the ancient period, it was not uncommon for cultures to believe that Luna died each night, thus descending into the underworld; other cultures believed that the moon chased Sol (and vice-versa). By the medieval period, some believed that Luna was a "perfectly smooth" sphere; and some believed that there were oceans there (see: maria). As late as the 1920s (or so), it was believed that Luna might have a breatheable atmosphere (or so science fiction of the period seems to indicate). In 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to land on the moon.
Physical characteristics
Since the Moon's rotational period is exactly the same as its orbital period, we always see the same face of the Moon pointed towards the Earth. This synchronicity is a result of friction having slowed down the Moon's rotation in its early history, a process known as tidal locking. As a result of tidal locking, the Earth's rotation is also gradually being slowed down by the Moon, and the Moon is slowly receding from the Earth as the Earth's rotational momentum is transferred to the Moon's orbital momentum. The gravitional attraction that the Moon exerts on the Earth is the cause of tides in the sea. Tidal flow is synchronised to the Moon's orbit around the Earth.
The Earth and Moon orbit about a common center of mass, which lies about 4700 km from the Earth's center. Since the common center of mass of the Earth-Moon system (the barycenter) is located within Earth, Earth's motion is more commonly described as a "wobble." When viewed from Earth's North pole, the Earth and Moon rotate counter clockwise about their axes, Moon orbits Earth counter-clockwise and Earth orbits the Sun counter-clockwise.
The Moon's orbital plane about the Earth is inclined by 5 degrees with respect to the Earth's orbital plane about the Sun (the ecliptic plane). The Moon's orbital plane along with its spin axis rotates clockwise with a period of 18.6 years, always maintaining the 5 degree inclination. The points where the Moon's orbit crosses the ecliptic are called the lunar "nodes": the North (or ascending) node is where the Moon crosses to the North of the ecliptic; the South (or descending ) node where it crosses to the South. Solar eclipses occur when a node coincides with the new Moon; lunar eclipses when a node coincides with the full Moon.
The inclination of the Moon's orbit makes it rather unlikely that the Moon formed along with the Earth or was captured later; its origin is the subject of strong scientific debate. The most accepted theory states that the Moon originated from the collision between the young Earth and an impactor the size of Mars (sometimes called Theia) and was formed from material ejected from Earth as a result of the collision. This is called the Giant Impact theory. New simulations published in August 2001 support this theory . This theory is also corroborated by the fact that the Moon has all the same minerals as the Earth, albeit in different proportions.
The geological epochs of the Moon are defined based on the dating of various significant impact events in the Moon's history.
Tidal forces deformed the once molten Moon into an ellipsoid, with the major axis pointed towards the Earth.
Composition
More than 4.5 billion years ago, the surface of the Moon was a liquid magma ocean. Scientists think that one component of lunar rocks, KREEP (K-potassium, Rare Earth Elements, and P-phosphorus), represents the last chemical remnant of that magma ocean. KREEP is actually a composite of what scientists term "incompatible elements": those which cannot fit into a crystal structure and thus were left behind, floating to the surface of the magma. For researchers, KREEP is a convenient tracer, useful for reporting the story of the volcanic history of the lunar crust and chronicling the frequency of impacts by comets and other celestial bodies.
The lunar crust is composed of a variety of primary elements, including uranium, thorium, potassium, oxygen, silicon, magnesium, iron, titanium, calcium, aluminum and hydrogen. When bombarded by cosmic rays, each element bounces back into space its own radiation, in the form of gamma rays. Some elements, such as uranium, thorium and potassium, are radioactive and emit gamma rays on their own. However, regardless of what causes them, gamma rays for each element are all different from one another -- each produces a unique spectral "signature," detectable by a spectrometer. A complete global mapping of the Moon for the abundance of these elements has never been performed.
Presence of water
Over time, comets and meteorites continually bombard the Moon. Many of these objects are water-rich. Energy from sunlight splits much of this water into its constituent elements hydrogen and oxygen, both of which usually fly off into space immediately. However, it has been hypothesized that significant traces of water remain on the moon, either on the surface, or embedded within the crust. The results of the Clementine mission suggested that small, frozen pockets of water ice (remnants of water-rich comet impacts) may be embedded unmelted in the permanently shadowed regions of the lunar crust. Although the pockets are thought to be small, the overall amount of water was suggested to be quite significant - one billion cubic meters, or an amount the size of Lake Erie.
Moon craters (magnify)Some water molecules, however, may have literally hopped along the surface and gotten trapped inside craters at the lunar poles. Due to the very slight "tilt" of the Moon's axis, only 1.5°, some of these deep craters never receive any light from the Sun - they are permanently shadowed. It is in such craters that scientists expect to find frozen water if it is there at all. If found, water ice could be mined and then split into hydrogen and oxygen by solar panel-equipped electric power stations or a nuclear generator. The presence of usable quantities of water on the Moon would be an important factor in rendering lunar habitation cost-effective, since transporting water (or hydrogen and oxygen) from Earth would be prohibitively expensive.
The equatorial Moon rock collected by Apollo astronauts contained no traces of water. Neither the Lunar Prospector nor more recent surveys, such as those of the Smithsonian Institution, have found any evidence of lunar water, ice, or water vapour.
Magnetic field
Compared to that of the Earth, the Moon has a very small magnetic field. While some of the Moon's magnetism is thought to be intrinsic (such as a strip of the lunar crust called the Rima Sirsalis), collision with other celestial bodies might have imparted some of the Moon's magnetic properties. Indeed, a long-standing question in planetary science is whether an airless solar system body, such as the Moon, can obtain magnetism from impact processes such as comets and asteroids. Magnetic measurements can also supply information about the size and electrical conductivity of the lunar core -- evidence that will help scientists better understand the Moon's origins. For instance, if the core contains more magnetic elements (such as iron) than the Earth, then the impact theory loses some credibility (although there are alternate explanations for why the lunar core might contain less iron).
Blanketed atop the Moon's crust is a dusty outer rock layer called regolith. Both the crust and regolith are unevenly distributed over the entire Moon. The crust ranges from 38 miles (60 km) on the near side to 63 miles (100 km) on the far side. The regolith varies from 10 to 16 feet (3 to 5 meters) in the maria to 33 to 66 feet (10 to 20 meters) in the highlands. Scientists think that such asymmetry of the lunar crust most likely accounts for the Moon's off-set center of mass. Crustal asymmetry may also explain differences in lunar terrain, such as the dominance of smooth rock (maria) on the near side of the Moon.
Atmosphere
The Moon has a relatively insignificant and tenuous atmosphere. One source of this atmosphere is outgassing - the release of gases, for instance radon, which originate deep within the Moon's interior. Another important source of gases is the solar wind, which is briefly captured by the Moon's gravity.
Observation of the Moon
By what can only be a truly extraordinary coincidence, the apparent size of the Moon as seen from the Earth is almost exactly the same as the apparent size of the Sun, so that total solar eclipses are possible where the Moon almost completely covers the Sun and the solar corona becomes visible to the naked eye.
The Moon (and also the Sun) appear larger when close to the horizon. This is a purely psychological effect (atmospheric refraction and its larger distance actually causes the image of the Moon near the horizon to be slightly smaller); it is assumed that size judgments for overhead objects were not important during evolution of the cognitive apparatus and are therefore inaccurate. [1]
Moon surface (magnify)Various lighter and darker colored areas create the patterns seen by different cultures as the Man in the Moon, the rabbit and the buffalo, amongst others. Craters and mountain chains are also prominent lunar features. The dark and relatively featureless lunar plains are called maria, latin for seas, since they were believed by ancient astronomers to be water-filled seas. The lighter-colored highlands are called terrae.
During the brightest full moons, the Moon can have an apparent magnitude of about -12.6. For comparison, the Sun has an apparent magnitude of -26.8.
See also: Lunar phase.
The exploration of the Moon
The far side of the Moon was first seen on September 15, 1959 when the unmanned Soviet probe Luna 2 was launched into an orbit over it.
Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt standing next to boulder at Taurus-Littrow during third EVA. (magnify)Humans first landed on the Moon on July 20, 1969 as the culmination of a Cold War-inspired space race between Russia and America. The first astronaut on the Moon was Neil Armstrong, captain of Apollo 11. The last man to stand on the Moon was Eugene Cernan, who as part of Apollo 17 walked on the Moon in December 1972. A full list of lunar astronauts
The Apollo 11 crew left a 9 by 7 inch stainless steel plaque on the moon, to commemorate the landing and provide basic information of the visit to any other beings who may eventually see it. The plaque reads:
The plaque depicts the two sides of planet Earth, and is signed by the three astronauts, as well as US President Richard Nixon.
- Here men from the Planet Earth first set foot upon the moon, July 1969, A.D.
- We came in peace for all mankind.'
The European Space Agency and People's Republic of China both have plans to launch probes to explore the Moon in the near future. European spacecraft Smart 1 was launched September 27, 2003 and is expected to reach lunar orbit in early 2005. It will survey the lunar environment and create an X-ray map of the Moon. [1] The PRC has expressed ambitious plans for exploring the Moon and is investigating the prospect of lunar mining, specifically looking for the isotope Helium-3 for use as an energy source on Earth. [1]
In 2001 Philippe Lheureux published his claim that photographs taken by NASA astronauts on the Moon were actually faked on Earth.
The Moon in myth and folk culture
The Moon has figured prominently in various mythologies and folk beliefs. The numerous lunar deities are often female such as the Greek goddesses Selene and Artemis, their Roman equivalents Luna and Diana or the Thracian Bendis. However males are also found, such as Nanna or Sin of the Mesopotamians, Thoth of the Egyptians and the Japanese god Susanowo, along with Isil in J. R. R. Tolkien's invented Middle-earth mythology.
The words lunacy, lunatic and loony are derived from Luna because of the folk belief in the Moon as a cause of periodic insanity. Folklore also stated that lycanthropes such as werewolves and weretigers, mythical creatures capable of changing form between human and beast, drew their power from the Moon and would change into their bestial form during the full Moon.
Related articles
- Transient lunar phenomenon
- Detailed image of almost full Moon
- List of Lunar craters
- List of Lunar mountains
- List of Lunar valleys
- Lunar mare
External links
Scientific
Myth and folklore
others
- Do things get crazy when the moon is full? by Cecil Adams
- Once in a Blue Moon - What is a blue moon? by Ann-Marie Imbornoni
- The Moon In Folklore - by Virginia Marin
- Moon shots 'faked' - BBC report
- Moonhoax website
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Moon."
Synonyms: MoonlightSynonyms: moon (n), moonshine (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Moonlight |
| English words defined with "moonlight": Accidental lights, amatory, amorous ♦ Earth light ♦ flit ♦ Moon dial, moonbeam, Moonblink, moonlit, moonray, Moonshiny, moon-splashed, moony ♦ Night piece, night vision, night-sight ♦ romantic ♦ scotopic vision, shimmer, sweet, sweetly ♦ twilight vision ♦ weird. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "moonlight": Cavern or Cave ♦ Dian's Worshippers ♦ Fountain ♦ Ivy ♦ Moonlight Flitting ♦ story. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "moonlight": Moonshiny. (references) |
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Screenplays | Alone in the moonlight, walking hand-in-hand with a monkey (Caroline in the City; writing credit: Angela Carneiro) Black as the midnight without a moonlight. (Twin Peaks; writing credit: G. William Jones) So is Maggie still into those moonlight skinny-dips (Northern Exposure; writing credit: Khadijah Hashim) I wanted to marry her when I saw the moonlight shining on the barrel of her father's shotgun (Oklahoma!; writing credit: Lynn Riggs; Oscar Hammerstein II) Camille, I'd love to see you in the moonlight with your head thrown back and your body on fire (When Night Is Falling; writing credit: Patricia Rozema) | |
Lyrics | That you can't fight the moonlight (Can't Fight The Moonlight; performing artist: LeAnn Rimes) We could dance under the moonlight, (Do You Want To Dance; performing artist: Bette Midler) Barefoot girls dancin' in the moonlight. (GREEN RIVER; performing artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival) From good day into a moonlight (Stay (Wasting Time); performing artist: Dave Matthews Band) I'll be upon you by the moonlight side (Hungry Like the Wolf; performing artist: Duran Duran) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Moonlight on the Highway (1969) Ill Met by Moonlight (1957) On Moonlight Bay (1951) Let's Sing a Song About the Moonlight (1948) Mystery in the Moonlight (1948) | |
Song Titles | Dancing in the Moonlight (performing artist: King Harvest) Can't Fight The Moonlight (performing artist: LeAnn Rimes) MOONLIGHT COCKTAILS (performing artist: Riverias ) MOONLIGHT FEELS RIGHT (performing artist: Starbuck ) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Cruise ship at Juneau in the moonlight. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Sketch by moonlight of Bridge of Sighs, Venice. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Tugboat in moonlight. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Harper's Ferry by moonlight / G. Perkins ; R. Hinshelwood. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Barbados moonlight. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Moonlight on Lake Champlain from Battery Park, Burlington, Vt. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Moonlight, Lake Mendoza, Minneapolis, Minn. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | October moonlight. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Harpers Ferry by moonlight. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Moonlight on Bering Sea. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Jalal-Uddin Rumi | Inside you there's an artist you don't know about. He's not interested in how things look different in moonlight. |
Oscar Wilde | A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He did wrong to hold a council with his aides, in full moonlight, in the Rollin square |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue. The truth of the stories here following has, however, not been successfully impeached. One evening Mr. Rudolph Block, of New York, found himself seated at dinner alongside Mr. Percival Pollard, the distinguished critic. "Mr. Pollard," said he, "my book, The Biography of a Dead Cow, is published anonymously, but you can hardly be ignorant of its authorship. Yet in reviewing it you speak of it as the work of the Idiot of the Century. Do you think that fair criticism?" "I am very sorry, sir," replied the critic, amiably, "but it did not occur to me that you really might not wish the public to know who wrote it." Mr. W.C. Morrow, who used to live in San Jose, California, was addicted to writing ghost stories which made the reader feel as if a stream of lizards, fresh from the ice, were streaking it up his back and hiding in his hair. San Jose was at that time believed to be haunted by the visible spirit of a noted bandit named Vasquez, who had been hanged there. The town was not very well lighted, and it is putting it mildly to say that San Jose was reluctant to be out o' nights. One particularly dark night two gentlemen were abroad in the loneliest spot within the city limits, talking loudly to keep up their courage, when they came upon Mr. J.J. Owen, a well-known journalist. "Why, Owen," said one, "what brings you here on such a night as this? You told me that this is one of Vasquez' favorite haunts! And you are a believer. Aren't you afraid to be out?" "My dear fellow," the journalist replied with a drear autumnal cadence in his speech, like the moan of a leaf-laden wind, "I am afraid to be in. I have one of Will Morrow's stories in my pocket and I don't dare to go where there is light enough to read it." Rear-Admiral Schley and Representative Charles F. Joy were standing near the Peace Monument, in Washington, discussing the question, Is success a failure? Mr. Joy suddenly broke off in the middle of an eloquent sentence, exclaiming: "Hello! I've heard that band before. Santlemann's, I think." "I don't hear any band," said Schley. "Come to think, I don't either," said Joy; "but I see General Miles coming down the avenue, and that pageant always affects me in the same way as a brass band. One has to scrutinize one's impressions pretty closely, or one will mistake their origin." While the Admiral was digesting this hasty meal of philosophy General Miles passed in review, a spectacle of impressive dignity. When the tail of the seeming procession had passed and the two observers had recovered from the transient blindness caused by its effulgence -- "He seems to be enjoying himself," said the Admiral. "There is nothing," assented Joy, thoughtfully, "that he enjoys one-half so well." The illustrious statesman, Champ Clark, once lived about a mile from the village of Jebigue, in Missouri. One day he rode into town on a favorite mule, and, hitching the beast on the sunny side of a street, in front of a saloon, he went inside in his character of teetotaler, to apprise the barkeeper that wine is a mocker. It was a dreadfully hot day. Pretty soon a neighbor came in and seeing Clark, said: "Champ, it is not right to leave that mule out there in the sun. He'll roast, sure! -- he was smoking as I passed him." "O, he's all right," said Clark, lightly; "he's an inveterate smoker." The neighbor took a lemonade, but shook his head and repeated that it was not right. He was a conspirator. There had been a fire the night before: a stable just around the corner had burned and a number of horses had put on their immortality, among them a young colt, which was roasted to a rich nut-brown. Some of the boys had turned Mr. Clark's mule loose and substituted the mortal part of the colt. Presently another man entered the saloon. "For mercy's sake!" he said, taking it with sugar, "do remove that mule, barkeeper: it smells." "Yes," interposed Clark, "that animal has the best nose in Missouri. But if he doesn't mind, you shouldn't." In the course of human events Mr. Clark went out, and there, apparently, lay the incinerated and shrunken remains of his charger. The boys idd not have any fun out of Mr. Clarke, who looked at the body and, with the non-committal expression to which he owes so much of his political preferment, went away. But walking home late that night he saw his mule standing silent and solemn by the wayside in the misty moonlight. Mentioning the name of Helen Blazes with uncommon emphasis, Mr. Clark took the back track as hard as ever he could hook it, and passed the night in town. General H.H. Wotherspoon, president of the Army War College, has a pet rib-nosed baboon, an animal of uncommon intelligence but imperfectly beautiful. Returning to his apartment one evening, the General was surprised and pained to find Adam (for so the creature is named, the general being a Darwinian) sitting up for him and wearing his master's best uniform coat, epaulettes and all. "You confounded remote ancestor!" thundered the great strategist, "what do you mean by being out of bed after naps? -- and with my coat on!" Adam rose and with a reproachful look got down on all fours in the manner of his kind and, scuffling across the room to a table, returned with a visiting-card: General Barry had called and, judging by an empty champagne bottle and several cigar-stumps, had been hospitably entertained while waiting. The general apologized to his faithful progenitor and retired. The next day he met General Barry, who said: "Spoon, old man, when leaving you last evening I forgot to ask you about those excellent cigars. Where did you get them?" General Wotherspoon did not deign to reply, but walked away. "Pardon me, please," said Barry, moving after him; "I was joking of course. Why, I knew it was not you before I had been in the room fifteen minutes." |
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| "Moonlight" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.22% of the time. "Moonlight" is used about 515 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.22% | 511 | 11,859 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.58% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.19% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 515 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "moonlight": artificial moonlight ♦ by moonlight ♦ moonlight job ♦ moonlight night ♦ moonlight walk. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "moonlight": moonlight-blond, moonlight-encrusted. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "moonlight"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | dritë hëne (Moonbeam, moonshine). (various references) | |
Arabic | ضوء القمر (moon, moonshine). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | на лунна светлина, лунна светлина (moon, moonshine), лунен (lunar, moony), при лунна светлина. (various references) | |
Chinese | 月光 . (various references) | |
Czech | melouchařit, mìsíèní svit (earthlight, earthshine). (various references) | |
Danish | kunstigt månelys (artificial moonlight). (various references) | |
Farsi | مهتاب (Moon), مشروبات , نورمهتاب , بطورقاچاقی کارکردن . (various references) | |
Finnish | kuutamo (moonshine). (various references) | |
French | clair de lune. (various references) | |
German | mondschein (moonshine), mondlicht. (various references) | |
Greek | σεληνόφωτο (moonshine), φως του φεγγαριού. (various references) | |
Hebrew | אור "ירח (moonshine), אור "לב ". (various references) | |
Hungarian | holdvilág (moonshine), holdfény (Moonbeam, moonshine). (various references) | |
Indonesian | sinar bulan. (various references) | |
Italian | chiaro di luna (moonshine). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 金波 (golden waves), ール貝 (commonmussel, kickboxing, moon, moon face, moonlighter, moonsault, moule, movie, Muay Thai, mussel, puffy face, swollen face), 月色 , 月灯かり , 月明かり , 月明り , 月明 , 月影 (moon, moonbeams), 月光 (moonbeam). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ーンライト , き"ぱ (golden waves), つきか' (moon, moonbeams), つきあかり, 'つめい, 'つえい (moon, moonbeams), 'っしょく (lunar eclipse), 'っ"う (enraged, exasperated, excited, indignant, moonbeam, rage). (various references) | |
Korean | 달빛. (various references) | |
Manx | soilshey ny heayst, rehollys (moonshine), jannoo daa staartey. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oonlightmay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | luar (moonshine). (various references) | |
Romanian | lunã (month, moon, neat as a new pin, parish lantern, the moon), lumina lunii (moonshine). (various references) | |
Russian | лунный свет (moon-light, moonshine). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | mesečina (moonshine), po mesečini. (various references) | |
Spanish | luz de la luna (moonlit, moonshine). (various references) | |
Swazi | í-nyetí. (various references) | |
Swedish | månsken (moon, moonshine), månljus (moonlit). (various references) | |
Thai | แสงจันทร์ (moonbeam, moonshine). (various references) | |
Turkish | mehtap (moon, moonshine), ay ışığı (moonshine). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | місячне світло, зазнати нічного нападу. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | ánh trăng. (various references) | |
Welsh | golau-leuad. (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | itud. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "moonlight": moonlighted, moonlighter, moonlighters, moonlighting, moonlights. (additional references) | |
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"Moonlight" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: moonlicht, Moorlight. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "moonlight" (pronounced muw"nlī't) |
| 4 | -n l ī' t | sunlight. |
| 3 | -l ī' t | acolyte, backlight, candlelight, cryolite, impolite, daylight, flashlight, floodlight, headlight, highlight, inflight, lazulite, limelight, niccolite, overflight, satellite, searchlight, skylight, socialite, spotlight, starlight, stoplight, twilight. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-h-i-l-m-n-o-o-t" | |
-1 letter: monolith. | |
-2 letters: hooting, looming, looting, molting, moonlit, mooting, tholing, tooling. | |
-3 letters: holing, homing, logion, looing, lotion, mongol, mooing, motion, oohing, oolith, tholoi, tiglon, toling. | |
-4 letters: glint, gloom, igloo, ingot, light, lingo, litho, logoi, might, molto, mongo, month, night, nomoi, ohing, thing, thiol, thong, tigon. | |
-5 letters: gilt, glim, glom, goon, hilt, hint, holm, holt, homo, hong. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-h-i-l-m-n-o-o-t" | |
+1 letter: moonlights. | |
+2 letters: moonlighted, moonlighter. | |
+3 letters: homologating, homologation, moonlighters, moonlighting. | |
+4 letters: helminthology, homologations, methemoglobin, mythologizing. | |
+5 letters: methemoglobins. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Usage Frequency 12. Expressions | 13. Expressions: Internet 14. Translations: Modern 15. Translations: Ancient 16. Derivations | 17. Rhymes 18. Anagrams 19. Bibliography |
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