Meaning
The moon when half of its face is lit, showing a clear semicircle in the sky. Beyond the plain moon phase, 'half moon' names the semicircle shape itself, so anything curved in that way — a half-moon-shaped pastry, a curve cut in wood or cloth, the mark left by a fingernail — is described as a half moon. It sits with 'full moon' in the everyday naming of the moon's changing shape through the month.
Examples
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A half moon deh inna di sky tonight.
There's a half moon in the sky tonight.
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Cut di pastry inna half moon shape.
Cut the pastry into a half-moon shape.
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Di moon a grow from half moon to full.
The moon is growing from half moon to full.
Origin
From 'half' + 'moon'; the half-lit moon, and the semicircle shape. See [[full-moon]], [[moonlight]].
How it’s used
The half-lit moon; also the semicircle shape. See [[full-moon]], [[moonlight]].