The lune

  1. Construction of the lune:

    1. We draw an isosceles rectangular triangle

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    1. The arc of circumference AB is created by the circle centred in O

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    1. We draw another arc that passes through AB, this time with the center in the middle point of the hypotenuse AB:

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    The blue section is the lune.

  2. Area of the lune:

Area of the lune = Area of the semicircle - Area of the circular segment

Area of the lune = Area of the semicircle - Area of the sector + Area of the triangle

Alune=πr22πr290360+Atriangle

where the first r is half of the hypotenuse of the triangle, and the second r is the measure OA=OB.