Definition of Lunar eclipse

1. Noun. The earth interrupts light shining on the moon.

Generic synonyms: Eclipse, Occultation

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Lunar Eclipse

Lunaria
lunarian
lunarians
Lunaria annua
lunaries
lunarist
lunarists
lunars
lunary
lunary
lunar calendar
lunar caustic
lunar caustic
lunar crater
lunar day
lunar eclipse (current term)
lunar excursion module
lunar latitude
lunar module
lunar month
lunar periodicity
lunar time period
lunar year
lunas
lunate
lunate
lunated
lunated
lunately
lunate bone

Literary usage of Lunar eclipse

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1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Since the moon must be quite near her node to produce a lunar eclipse, it may happen ... The phenomena of a total lunar eclipse are of a simple character. ..."

2. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1904)
"The lunar eclipse of the 11-12 April 1903. London, J. Brit. Astr. Ass., 13, 1903, (284). ... Tetley, W[illia]m C. The lunar eclipse of 1903 April 11-12. ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"He found another lunar eclipse over an hour in advance of the Tables. What manuscripts he could not acquire he had copied. A new Testament, written in Greek ..."

4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"A lunar eclipse can only happen when she is within 13 J° of her node, at the time of mean opposition to the eun, and will certainly occur if ehe is within ..."

5. General Astronomy by Harold Spencer Jones (1922)
"the lunar ecliptic limit, there will not be a lunar eclipse at either of these oppositions. ... If, therefore, a lunar eclipse occurs exactly at one node, ..."

6. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society by Royal Astronomical Society (1879)
"Observations of the lunar eclipse, 1856, October 13. 1858. Observations of the lunar eclipse, 1858, February 27. 1860. Observations of the lunar eclipse, ..."

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