Half Moon
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Half Moon refers to the two lunar phases commonly known as first quarter and last quarter.
Examples of Half Moon used in culture...
- Half Moon (Efteling), a ship swing in Efteling, which is a theme park in the Netherlands
- Half Moon (film), a 2006 Iranian film directed by Bahman Ghobadi
- Half Moon Party, a bi-monthly event on Ko Pha Ngan, Thailand
- The Half Moon, Putney, a pub and music venue in London
- Half Moon, Herne Hill, a pub in London
- Half-moon cookie, a spongey, round, shortbread cookie iced on one half with vanilla fondant, and on the other half with chocolate fondant
- Halfmoon, a sea chub native to the Pacific Ocean (scientific name Medialuna californiensis)
Human settlements
- Half Moon, North Carolina
- Half Moon Bay (disambiguation), the name of various crescent-shaped bays
- Half Moon Island, one of the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica
- Halfmoon, New York
Watercraft
- Halve Maen, a Dutch East India Company flyboat with which Henry Hudson explored parts of North America
- Half Moon (shipwreck), a German sailboat that sank off the coast of Florida in 1930
- USS Half Moon (AVP-26), a United States Navy seaplane tender in commission from 1943 to 1946
- USCGC Half Moon (WAVP-378), later WHEC-378, a United States Coast Guard cutter in commission from 1948 to 1969
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