Half Moon

Half Moon is a lunar phase coinciding with neap tides, which are often easier for seafarers than spring tides. This would apply to the first quarter and last (third) quarter moon; in both cases, half of the moon's disk is lit. A crescent is a geometrical and symbolic moon shape.

Half Moon can also refer to:

Ships

• Halve Maen or Half Moon (ship) – a Dutch East India Company ship with which Henry Hudson explored parts of North America
• Half Moon (shipwreck) – a German ship 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

Places

• Half Moon, North Carolina
• Halfmoon, New York
• Half Moon Bay, the name of various places
• Half Moon Island (South Shetland Islands), Antarctica
• Halfmoon Campground, a campground in the east crazy mountains in Yellowstone National Park.

Other

• Half Moon (film) – a 2006 Iranian film directed by Bahman Ghobadi
• Half Moon – a common name for an English pub
• A black and white cookie
• Half Moon Party, a bi-monthly event on Ko Pha Ngan, Thailand
• The Half Moon (music venue), a music venue in London
• Halfmoon – a fish species
• Half Moon (Efteling), a ship swing in Efteling amusement park in the Netherlands
• Fingernail half moons, the Lunula (anatomy)