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Crescent Moon
Crescent moon may refer to: Lunar phases *Fingernail moon, a lunar phase waxing until 7 days after or waning since 7 days before the new moon * Hilal (crescent moon), an Arabic term for the very slight crescent moon that is first visible after a new moon Arts, entertainment, and media *Crescent Moon (comics), a fictional DC comics character * ''Crescent Moon'' (manga), the English title of the shōjo manga Mikan no Tsuki * "Crescent Moon" (song), Mika Nakashima's 2nd single * "Crescent Moon" (''The Avengers''), an episode of the television series ''The Avengers'' *Crescent Moon Darnel, nicknamed Cress, a character in '' The Lunar Chronicles'' by Marissa Meyer *''The Crescent Moon'', a 1913 collection of poetry by Rabindranath Tagore *The crescent moon featured in the logo for the English dub of ''Sailor Moon''. Other uses * Anjaneyasana, or crescent moon, an asana (body position) in yoga * Crescent Moon Society, a Chinese former literary society See also * * *Crescent (disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lunar Phase
Concerning the lunar month of ~29.53 days as viewed from Earth, the lunar phase or Moon phase is the shape of the Moon's directly sunlit portion, which can be expressed quantitatively using areas or angles, or described qualitatively using the terminology of the 4 major phases: new moon, first quarter, full moon, last quarter and 4 minor phases: waxing crescent, waxing gibbous, waning gibbous, and waning crescent. The lunar phases gradually change over a synodic month (~29.53 days) as the Moon's orbital positions around Earth and Earth around the Sun shift. The visible side of the Moon is variously sunlit, depending on the position of the Moon in its orbit. Thus, this face's sunlit portion can vary from 0% (at new moon) to 100% (at full moon). Each of the 4 major lunar phases (see below) is ~7.4 days, with +/− 19 hours in variation (6.58–8.24 days) due to the elliptical shape of the Moon's orbit. Phases of the Moon There are four ''principal'' (primary/major) lunar phase ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilal (crescent Moon)
Hilal or Al-Hilal may refer to: *Hilal ( ar, هلال, ''hilāl''), a crescent ** the crescent Moon visible after a new Moon, determining the beginning of a month in the Islamic calendar * Banu Hilal, a confederation of tribes of Arabia Arts and entertainment * ''Al Hilal'' (film), a 1935 Urdu/Hindi costume drama film * ''Al Hilal'' (1958 film), a 1958 Urdu/Hindi Bollywood film costume drama film * ''Al-Hilal'' (newspaper), a weekly Urdu newspaper 1912–1914 * ''Al-Hilal'' (magazine), a monthly Egyptian cultural and literature magazine Businesses and organizations * Al Hilal Bank, an Islamic bank in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates * Al-Hilal Stadium, a multi-use stadium in Omdurman, Sudan * Al-Hilal English School, Manki, a not-for-profit school in Manki, Karnataka, India * Red Crescent (emblem) (''al-hilal al-ahmar''), a symbol of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement People * Hilal (given name) * Hilal (surname) Places * Al Hilal (district), a distri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crescent Moon (comics)
The Moondancers are a fictional DC Comics team of radical pacifist terrorists. They first appeared in ''World's Finest Comics'' #295 (September 1983), and were created by David A Kraft, L.B. Kellog and Jerome K. Moore. Publication history The Moondancers are radical pacifist terrorists who go about sabotaging military satellites and weapons installations in a misguided attempt to end all wars. Batman was brought in to investigate the scene of one of their assaults. The next time the Moondancers attempt to prevent the launch of a military communications satellite, Batman attempts to stop them and is nearly killed, causing Superman to be summoned. During a clash with Superman and Batman, the mysterious benefactor of the Moondancers is revealed to be a Japanese scientist named Nakamura, a survivor of Hiroshima who was unhinged by the event. Nakamura is badly wounded after a failed attempt to destroy the satellite himself. According to the Moondancers they only employ violence in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crescent Moon (manga)
is the English title of the shōjo manga ''Mikan no Tsuki'' (literally ''An Incomplete Moon'')), written by Haruko Iida in partnership with Red Company. It was originally published by Kadokawa Shoten beginning in 1999 and serialized in ''Asuka Comics'', and it was translated into English by Tokyopop. It is collected in six volumes. Story The plot deals with Mahiru Shiraishi, a young woman with the ability to grant others good fortune by touching them. She herself does not benefit from this good fortune, and occasionally laments that this is because she has given all of her luck away to others. Mahiru begins to have recurring dreams of a demon, and these dreams soon lead to her becoming entangled with the "Lunar Race" — a collection of creatures of folklore such as vampires, werewolves, kitsune, and tengu. These creatures' powers are related to the phase of the moon, strongest when the moon is full and weakest when it is new. Mahiru learns that she is the "Descend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crescent Moon (song)
"Crescent Moon" is Mika Nakashima is a Japanese singer and actress. Five of her studio albums, one of her mini-albums and one of her compilation albums have reached number one in Japan's Oricon album chart. She also embarked on an acting career, most notably as Nana Osaki in the ...'s 2nd single. "Crescent Moon," which mixes 1980s style house with disco and Latin pop, was a 100,000 copies limited edition single, and it sold 98,570 copies, reaching #4 on the Oricon Weekly Top 200. The single was released on 6 February 2002. Track listing #Crescent Moon #Destiny's Lotus #Amazing Grace #Crescent Moon nstrumental#Destiny's Lotus nstrumental {{authority control 2002 singles Mika Nakashima songs Songs with lyrics by Takashi Matsumoto (lyricist) Sony Music Entertainment Japan singles 2002 songs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crescent Moon (The Avengers)
"Crescent Moon" is the fifth episode of the first series of the 1960s British spy-fi television series ''The Avengers'', starring Ian Hendry, Patrick Macnee and Ingrid Hafner, and guest starring Patience Collier, Roger Delgado, Harold Kasket, and Bandana Das Gupta. It was performed and aired live on ABC on 4 February 1961, and is one of many Season 1 episodes that as of 2012 is considered lost. The episode was directed by John Knight, and written by Geoffrey Bellman and John Whitney. Plot A foreign general, General Mendoza, fakes his own death in the belief his wife and associate are plotting to kill him and inherit his fortune. He leaves his country and allows his daughter to be kidnapped, believing that it is in her best interest to be kept out of harm's way. However, it turns out that his daughter has been genuinely kidnapped and must be rescued by Steed while the General is in London recovering under Dr. Keel. Cast *Ian Hendry as Dr. David Keel *Patrick Macnee as John St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lunar Chronicles
''The Lunar Chronicles'' is a series of four young adult science fiction fantasy novels, a novella and a short story collection written by American author Marissa Meyer and published by Feiwel & Friends. Each book entails a science fictional twist on a classic fairy tale, including Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, and Snow White. Set in a futuristic world inhabited by various species and creatures, tensions are rising between Earth and its former colony Luna, while both attempt to manage an ongoing pandemic. An animated feature film adaptation, to be produced by Locksmith Animation, was announced in 2019. Books ''Cinder'' ''Cinder'' is the first book in ''The Lunar Chronicles'' and second chronologically. It was published on January 3, 2012. Linh Cinder (based on Cinderella), a cyborg living with her stepmother and her two stepsisters in New Beijing of the Eastern Commonwealth, works as a mechanic in a booth at the market place, where she meets Prince Kai, who re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore (; bn, রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. He reshaped Bengali literature and music as well as Indian art with Contextual Modernism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Author of the "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful" poetry of ''Gitanjali'', he became in 1913 the first non-European and the first lyricist to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Tagore's poetic songs were viewed as spiritual and mercurial; however, his "elegant prose and magical poetry" remain largely unknown outside Bengal. He was a fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society. Referred to as "the Bard of Bengal", Tagore was known by sobriquets: Gurudev, Kobiguru, Biswakobi. A Bengali Brahmin from Calcutta with ancestral gentry roots in Burdwan district* * * and Jessore, Tagore wrote poetry as an eight-yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sailor Moon (TV Series)
''Sailor Moon,'' originally released in Japan as and later as ''Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon'', is a Japanese superheroine anime television series produced by Toei Animation using Super Sentai motifs. It is based on the manga of the same title written by Naoko Takeuchi that was published from 1991 to 1997 in ''Nakayoshi''. ''Sailor Moon'' first aired in Japan on TV Asahi from March 7, 1992, to February 8, 1997, and was dubbed for release in various regions around the world, including North America, Southeast Asia, Greater China, Australia, Europe, and Latin America. The series follows the adventures of the titular protagonist whose name is Usagi Tsukino, a middle school student who is given the power to become the Pretty Soldier. She also founds other Sailor Soldiers to team up, she defends Earth against an assortment of evil villains. The anime also parallels the maturation of Usagi from an emotional middle school girl to a responsible young adult. Due to the success of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anjaneyasana
Añjaneyāsana (Sanskrit: अञ्जनेयासन, "Son of Anjani pose"), Crescent Moon Pose, or Ashwa Sanchalanasana (Equestrian Pose) is a lunging back bending asana in modern yoga as exercise. It is sometimes included as one of the asanas in the Surya Namaskar sequence, though usually with arms down in that case. Variations include Utthana Pristhasana, Lizard Pose. Etymology and origins The name Anjaneya is a matronymic for Hanuman, whose mother's name is Anjani. Hanuman is a central figure in the epic ''Rāmāyaṇa'', and an important Iṣṭa-devatā in devotional worship. Like many standing asanas, Anjaneyasana was unknown in medieval hatha yoga, and was brought into modern yoga in the 20th century from Indian martial arts. It is used in schools of modern yoga such as Sivananda Yoga. It is included as one of the asanas in Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga's type 1 Surya Namaskar sequence. Description The asana is entered from a lunge, with the back knee lowered to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crescent Moon Society
The Crescent Moon Society () was a Chinese literary society founded by the poet Xu Zhimo in 1923, which operated until 1931. It was named after ''The Crescent Moon'', a poem by Rabindranath Tagore. The society began as a loosely-organized dining association. In addition to Xu Zhimo, its other members included leading author and educator Hu Shih, poets Wen Yiduo and Chen Mengjia, writers Liang Shih-chiu and Shen Congwen, Rao Mengkan, and sociologist Pan Guangdan. The Crescent Moon Society—along with other aspects of China's literary establishment at that time—was part of the larger New Culture Movement. It engaged in running debates with the "art for politics' sake" (and Chinese Communist Party-driven) League of the Left-Wing Writers. The Society dissolved shortly after the death of Xu Zhimo in November 1931. See also * Chinese literature * Chinese poetry * Modern Chinese poetry Modern Chinese poetry, including New poetry (), refers to post Qing dynasty (1644 to 1912) Chinese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crescent (other)
A crescent is a shape symbolising the Moon. Crescent may also refer to: Brands and enterprises * Crescent (brand), a brand of tools after which the Crescent wrench takes its name * Crescent (bicycle), a Swedish bicycle brand manufactured by Nymanbolagen (later Monark-Crescentbolagen) * Crescent Arms, a firearms manufacturer bought by Savage Arms * Crescent Capital Group, a private American investment firm * Crescent Enterprises, a conglomerate based in the United Arab Emirates * Crescent Foods, a Seattle, Washington, spice and flavorings company (1889-1983) * Crescent Petroleum, a privately owned company headquartered in the United Arab Emirates * Crescent Toys, a British toy manufacturer from 1922 to 1980 Music * Crescent (band), an alternative band from Bristol, UK * Crescent (Egyptian band), a metal band from Egypt * ''Crescent'' (John Coltrane album), a 1964 album * ''Crescent'', a 2003 album by Japanese pop/rock artist Gackt * "Crescent", a song by Animals as Leaders ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
