1. The natural satellite of the Earth
   "the average distance to the Moon is 384,400 kilometres"; "men first stepped on the moon in 1969";
   - Moon
    
2. Any natural satellite of a planet
   "Jupiter has sixteen moons"
    
3. 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"
    
4. The period between successive new moons (29.531 days)
   "The ancient calendar was based on the moon";
   - lunar month, lunation, synodic month

1. Have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake
   "She looked out the window, mooning";
   - daydream
    
2. Be idle in a listless or dreamy way
   "He spent the afternoon mooning on in the garden"; "The teenagers mooned around the mall all afternoon";
   - moon around, moon on [informal]
    
3. Expose one's buttocks to
   "moon the audience"

1. The light of the Moon
   "the Moon was bright enough to read by";
   - moonlight, moonshine
    
2. United States religious leader (born in Korea) who founded the Unification Church in 1954; was found guilty of conspiracy to evade taxes (1920-2012)
   - Sun Myung Moon

Derived forms: mooning, moons, mooned

Type of: article, display, exhibit, expose, idle, laze, light, month, object, physical object, religious leader, satellite, slug [informal], visible light, visible radiation

Part of: lunar year

Encyclopedia: Moon, Peter