Moons come in many colors, but that of Earth is grey.
A moon and a natural satellite are not the same thing; Earth's moon is not a true satellite since the barycenter of the Earth-Moon system is outside of the Earth.
Also, to moon someone is to expose one's buttocks to them as a joke or a sign of scorn.
"Moon" is also a verb.
To "moon" somebody is to turn one's back to that person, lean over, lower one's trousers, and display one's bottom. In some circles, "mooning" is considered vulgar, and in many situations it's just not okay at all. A job interview, for example, is a lousy choice of mooning venue1. This is so for two reasons: First, it's overwhelmingly likely that nobody wants to look at your ass. Second, mooning is usually taken to imply derision or defiance. If that's not what you want to convey, don't moon: Your intent may be friendly or even affectionate, but your audience probably won't realize that and they'll take it the wrong way. Intent is a funny thing. I agree that your ass has no intrinsic meaning: It signifies only itself, "ass". However, viewers will interpret your ass in many different ways. You could even say that, in a sense, the "text" that is your ass is created anew by each viewer. In short, don't go there. Keep your ass to yourself.
Depending on the physical attributes of the mooner (see "ugly as a man's ass"), mooning may be a bad idea in any context. Before you moon, please consider your ass and think of your audience.
Other noders may wish to share thoughts or fond memories about mooning. That won't be necessary, thank you. Really. Don't.
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From a pictograph of a crecent moon with a pitted surface, stylized into its presnt form. Popularly interpreted as a crecent moon behind wisply clouds, but this is incorrect.
From a pictograph of a crecent moon with a pitted surface, stylized into its presnt form.
Popularly interpreted as a crecent moon behind wisply clouds, but this is incorrect.
on-yomi: GETSU GATSU kun-yomi: tsuki
Nanori: oto ga su zuki mori
月
今月 (kongetsu): this month. 月曜日 (getsuyoobi): Monday. 月見 (tsukimi): moon viewing; moonlight party.
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There are 159 discovered moons in the solar system. I am only counting natural satellites of planets. There are asteroids with "moons", but they are not on this list. More moons are being discovered all the time, and names are intermittently assigned to those that have already been found but not properly named.
And here they are:
If you notice that I have missed off any moons, please inform me.
Last updated: 23th June 2006.
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Moon (?), n. [OE. mone, AS. mona; akin to D. maan, OS. & OHG. mano, G. mond, Icel. mani, Dan. maane, Sw., Lith. men, L. mensis month, Gr. moon, month, Skr. mas moon, month; prob. from a root meaning to measure (cf. Skr. ma to measure), from its serving to measure the time. 271. Cf. Mete to measure, Menses, Monday, Month.]
1.
The celestial orb which revolves round the earth; the satellite of the earth; a secondary planet, whose light, borrowed from the sun, is reflected to the earth, and serves to dispel the darkness of night. The diameter of the moon is 2,160 miles, its mean distance from the earth is 240,000 miles, and its mass is one eightieth that of the earth. See Lunar month, under Month.
The crescent moon, the diadem of night. Cowper.
2.
A secondary planet, or satellite, revolving about any member of the solar system; as, the moons of Jupiter or Saturn.
3.
The time occupied by the moon in making one revolution in her orbit; a month.
Shak.
4. Fort.
A crescentlike outwork. See Half-moon.
Moon blindness. (a) Far. A kind of ophthalmia liable to recur at intervals of three or four weeks. (b) Med. Hemeralopia. -- Moon dial, a dial used to indicate time by moonlight. -- Moon face, a round face like a full moon. -- Moon madness, lunacy. [Poetic] -- Moon month, a lunar month. -- Moon trefoil Bot., a shrubby species of medic (Medicago arborea). See Medic. -- Moon year, a lunar year, consisting of lunar months, being sometimes twelve and sometimes thirteen.
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Moon, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mooned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Mooning.]
To expose to the rays of the moon.
If they have it to be exceeding white indeed, they seethe it yet once more, after it hath been thus sunned and mooned. Holland.
Moon, v. i.
To act if moonstruck; to wander or gaze about in an abstracted manner.
Elsley was mooning down the river by himself. C. Kingsley.
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