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Definition of Lunar eclipse
1. Noun. The earth interrupts light shining on the moon.
Definition of Lunar eclipse
1. Noun. (astronomy) A phenomenon occurring when the Earth casts a shadow over the Moon. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lunar Eclipse
Literary usage of Lunar eclipse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
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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