Use 'gibbous' to describe the moon or planets when discussing astronomy. It signals specific lunar phases.

Astronomical Usage

Writers use 'gibbous' to evoke vivid imagery or describe the moon in creative writing.

Poetic Imagery

'Gibbous' often combines with 'waning' or 'waxing' to show whether the moon is shrinking or growing.

Waxing and Waning

Imagine any object with a swollen appearance when using or hearing 'gibbous' in non-astronomical contexts.

Visualize Curvature

Use 'gibbous' for descriptive purposes, especially to characterize physical objects or features with a curve.

Physical Description

 do you start I start on the moon and then you can go the other side to the Sun so look at that it's heading towards full moon it's maybe a night or two and we're gonna have full moon and that is on waxing gibbous as we would say the