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micromoons

micromoons is the plural of micromoon.

Meaning of micromoon

Noun

micromoon (plural micromoons)

  1. A full moon which appears unusually small due to coinciding with the Moon's apogee (the point in the Moon's orbit at which is it farthest away from Earth).
    • What you might notice tonight is that the moon will be brighter — about 30 percent brighter than a micromoon.2019 March 20, Brian Resnick, “Wednesday's "supermoon," explained in one chart”, in Vox, archived from the original on 06 Dec 2022
    Synonyms:
    minimoon, apogee moon
    Antonyms:
    supermoon

Questions about micromoons

What is micromoons the plural of?
Micromoons is the plural of micromoon.

Words near micromoons in the dictionary

  1. micromonolactam
  2. micromonzonite
  3. micromonzonites
  4. micromonzonitic
  5. micromoon
  6. micromoons
  7. micromorph
  8. micromorphic
  9. micromorphologic
  10. micromorphological
  11. micromorphologically

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