crescent

He said you could feel the temperature dropping and the light getting dimmer, before what looked like a crescent moon appeared, except it was a "crescent sun".

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

"The thin crescent on approach and the nearly 'full Mars' view after we fly past create opportunities for the imaging team for both great calibration observations as well as just plain beautiful photos."

From Science Daily ● May 11, 2026

Expect, perhaps, a crescent moon in pajamas to be a new favorite.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026

Families and astronomers gathered at a site known locally as "top of the world" on Gaisby Lane, Shipley, to try to see a slither of the new crescent moon.

From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2026

The night around them was almost impossible to see in, the crescent moon covered with a blanket of gray clouds.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

Another new feature are the crescents or arcs of emission inside the necklace but just outside the dense inner area that looks a little like a keyhole.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2023

For crescents and rugelach: Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 15, 2022

The artist’s views move from “Full Pink Moon” — the only picture mounted on a lightbox for maximum luminosity — to such barely-there crescents as “Razor’s Edge” and “Tangerine Slice.”

From Washington Post ● Jan. 12, 2022

Once, hands wet from their hourly washing, I tried to turn the bathroom doorknob and my nails dug into my own palm, leaving four bright red crescents in my hand.

From Slate ● Dec. 31, 2020

I laid my head and hands in the crescents carved into the wood.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson