1 May 2015

gibbous

[gib-uh s]

adjective
1. Astronomy. (of a heavenly body) convex at both edges, as the moon when more than half full.
2. humpbacked.

Also, gibbose [gib-ohs]

Origin of gibbous
Middle English, Latin

1350-1400; Middle English < Latin gibbōsus humped, equivalent to gibb (a) hump + -ōsus -ous

Related forms
gibbously, gibbosely, adverb
gibbousness, gibboseness, noun

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Examples from the web for gibbous
– Sometimes it’s a waning gibbous phase, low in the west at sunrise.
– Most noticeable are the half-moon and football-shaped gibbous moon, phases separated by two or three days.
– The crescent and gibbous phases happen in between those times.

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On this day

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1 May – International Workers Day, or Labour Day, which includes celebrating the introduction of the 8 hour work day: ‘8 hours labour, 8 hours recreation, 8 hours rest’.

1 May 1962 – First KMart store opens in Garden City, Michigan, USA. In 2005, the USA KMart merged with Sears, Roebucks and Company.

1 May 1967 – Elvis Presley marries Priscilla Ann Beaulieu in Las Vegas.