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It entered as a loanword from Latin between 1350 and 1400.

A gibbous moon means the moons is more than half-way illuminated. It is a waxing gibbous moon if the shadow is getting smaller (before the full moon) . It is a waning gibbous moon if the shadow is getting bigger (after the full moon.)

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