crescent

a three-mile crescent of golden sand.

A crescent moon peeped out from behind the clouds.

a crescent moon limned each shred with white gold.

Well, fingers crossed and hearts crescented that the Grim Reaper or Azrael do not read the Guardian.

Cradled in the sunlit lunar crescent, the night side of the Moon is faintly illuminated by earthshine -- sunlight reflected from planet Earth.

This past week, volunteers from Red Cross and Red Crescent societies around the world gathered in Solferino to mark the anniversary.