old moon
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Earthshine is also called “the old moon in the new moon’s arms”—a lovely turn of phrase that not nearly enough astronomers use.
From Scientific American • Jul. 21, 2023
The expedition also collected some especially old moon rocks.
From Washington Post • Apr. 21, 2022
The big old moon of a few days back had shrunk to something with a big slice of itself gone.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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“That boy’s right! We could mine that old moon good!”
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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She was most like Pauline, and indeed in Pauline Guy could see her mother, as the young moon holds in her lap the wraith of the old moon....
From Plashers Mead A Novel by MacKenzie, Compton