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| The curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon, esp. a periodic elliptical revolution. |
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| the particular appearance of a body's state of illumination |
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| Of, determined by, relating to, or resembling the moon |
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| Move in a circle on a central axis: |
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| Have a progressively smaller part of its visible surface illuminated, so that it appears to decrease in size. |
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| Have a progressively larger part of its visible surface illuminated, increasing its apparent size. |
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| An eclipse in which the sun is obscured by the moon. |
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| An eclipse in which the moon appears darkened as it passes into the earth's shadow. |
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| The shadow cast by the earth or moon over an area experiencing a partial eclipse. |
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| The dark central part of a sunspot. |
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| An eclipse in which the whole of the disk of the sun or moon is obscured. |
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| an eclipse in which the eclipsed body is only partially obscured. |
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| An eclipse of the sun in which the edge of the sun remains visible as a bright ring around the moon. |
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| A tide just after the first or third quarters of the moon when there is the least difference between high and low water. |
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| A tide just after a new or full moon. |
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