Frank Homes Well-Known Member Nov 28, 2023 #3 Swedish said: Is it not waning Gibbous? Click to expand... It is indeed
Stalker62 Well-Known Member Nov 28, 2023 #4 Swedish said: Is it not waning Gibbous? Click to expand... Absolutely it is. If you think that's bad, you should see what a full moon does to me...
Swedish said: Is it not waning Gibbous? Click to expand... Absolutely it is. If you think that's bad, you should see what a full moon does to me...
finnbear270 Well-Known Member Supporter Nov 29, 2023 #6 I keep this on the desktop,Moon Phases | Current Moon Phase and Monthly Moon Phase Calendar
Foxyboy43 Well-Known Member Nov 29, 2023 #7 Frank Homes said: It is indeed Click to expand... Always wondered and now I know…. EtymologyFrom Middle English gibbous, from Latin gibbus (“humped, hunched”), probably cognate with cubō (“bend oneself, lie down”), Italian gobba (“humpback”), Greekκύφος (kýfos, “humpback, bent”), κύβος (kývos, “cube, vertebra”), Spanish giboso(“humped”). Also ultimately compare dialectal Norwegian keiv (“slanted, wrong”), German schief (“crooked, slanting”) and Dutch scheef (“crooked, slanting”).
Frank Homes said: It is indeed Click to expand... Always wondered and now I know…. EtymologyFrom Middle English gibbous, from Latin gibbus (“humped, hunched”), probably cognate with cubō (“bend oneself, lie down”), Italian gobba (“humpback”), Greekκύφος (kýfos, “humpback, bent”), κύβος (kývos, “cube, vertebra”), Spanish giboso(“humped”). Also ultimately compare dialectal Norwegian keiv (“slanted, wrong”), German schief (“crooked, slanting”) and Dutch scheef (“crooked, slanting”).