lakad ang bulan

• lakad ang buwan — dialectal
• lakad — shortened form

Literally, "the moon goes beyond (the zenith)," so called because the moon at this phase goes farther away each day to the east of the zenith when darkness falls, and moving towards that position later in the evening.^[1]

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /ˌlakad ʔaŋ ˈbulan/ [ˌl̪a.kɐd̪ ʔɐŋ ˈbu.l̪ɐn̪]
• (l-eliding dialects) IPA^(key): /ˌlakad ʔaŋ ˈbuwan/ [ˌl̪a.kɐd̪ ʔɐŋ ˈbu.wɐn̪]
• Hyphenation: la‧kad‧ang‧bu‧lan

lakad ang bulan (Badlit spelling ᜎᜃᜇ᜔ ᜀᜅ᜔ ᜊᜓᜎᜈ᜔)

1. (obsolete, astronomy) second quarter; waxing gibbous; lunar phase between half-moon and going into full moon

   Coordinate terms: (gibbous moon) dulom, dulomdulom, dulom nga bulan, pilok

• Traditionally, the night after the half-moon is designated as "unang lakad" or "primerong lakad" (first lakad), and the succeeding nights up until the full moon are named accordingly by ordinal numbers; e.g. "ikaduhang lakad", "ikatulong lakad", ... "ikapitong lakad".