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Noun moon has 6 senses
- moon - the natural satellite of the Earth; "the average distance to the moon is 384,400 kilometers"; "men first stepped on the moon in 1969"
--1 is a kind of satellite
- moon - any object resembling a moon; "he made a moon lamp that he used as a night light"; "the clock had a moon that showed various phases"
--2 is a kind of object, physical object
- lunar month, moon, lunation, synodic month - the period between successive new moons (29.531 days)
--3 is a kind of month
--3 is a part of lunar year
- moonlight, moonshine, moon - the light of the moon; "moonlight is the smuggler's enemy"; "the moon was bright enough to read by"
--4 is a kind of light, visible light, visible radiation
--4 has parts: moonbeam, moon ray, moon-ray
- Moon, Sun Myung Moon - United States religious leader (born in Korea) who founded the Unification Church in 1954; was found guilty of conspiracy to evade taxes (born in 1920)
--5 is a kind of religious leader
- moon - any natural satellite of a planet; "Jupiter has sixteen moons"
--6 is a kind of satellite
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