moon

moon-waiting party

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (1966 novel by Robert A. Heinlein)

waning moon

totally useless (fruitless) effort; wasting time on an impossible task (like trying to scoop up a reflected moon from the bottom of the sea)

Astronomy

Naiad (moon of Neptune)

Abbreviation

sun and moon

time; the years; the months

the moon

Mid-Autumn Festival (in Chinese and Vietnamese culture); Moon Festival; Mooncake Festival

moon of the 19th day of the lunar month

emperor moth (Actias artemis); Japanese moon moth

refreshing breeze and the bright moon; a beautiful nocturnal scene with a full moon

lunar rover; Moon rover

Anatomy

lunula; half-moon (of a fingernail)

charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; great beauty; (so beautiful that) the moon hides and flowers are abashed

moon-viewing on either the night of the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunisolar calendar or on the night of the 13th day of the 9th month of the lunisolar calendar, but not both nights

lunar globe; globe of the moon

lunar rover; Moon buggy

trying to reach above one's station and failing; trying to accomplish something beyond one's abilities and failing; monkey catching (a reflection of) the moon (in the water)

lunula (white crescent-shaped area at the base of a nail); nail moon

Buddhism

Chandra (Hindu moon god also revered as one of the twelve devas in Shingon Buddhism)

Archaic

moon

Astronomy

Carme (moon of Jupiter)

autumn when the moon is beautiful

moon snail (Naticidae spp.); moon shell

Marten's pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata martensii); Akoya pearl oyster

the charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (so beautiful that) the moon is abashed and flowers wilt