moonward adjective 1adverb 1 adjective1 •Which faces or points to or leads to the moon.Far away on the moon-ward horizon a luminous silver mist veiled the distant view. — 1919 adverb1 •Toward the moon.An opal spume obscures the bay Where the distracted breakers crowd; The very dunes are whirled away, Spun moonward in a flamelike cloud. — 1942