Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

micromoon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mi-cro-moon
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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).

Example Sentences

"What you might notice tonight is that the moon will be brighter — about 30 percent brighter than a micromoon."
"On Friday the 13th, a harvest micromoon will grace the night sky across the United States."
"For a micromoon and Friday the 13th full moon to occur together is extraordinarily rare. The last time it happened was in 1832 and it won't happen again for more than 500 years according to Tony Rice, a meteorologist and engineer at NASA."
"Most of the eclipse will be dominated by the shadow moving across the moon, with a brief period where it will appear as a blood micromoon in our night sky."

Etymology

From micro- + moon.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: micro-

Inflected Forms

micromoons (plural)

Phrases

apogee-syzygy

Frequently Paired Words

apogee-syzygy syzygy full moon new moon

Synonyms

minimoon apogee moon

Antonyms

supermoon

Questions

What does micromoon mean?: 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).
Where does micromoon come from?: From micro- + moon.

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