the faint illumination of the dark part of the moon by sunlight reflected from the earth
earthshine
earth·shine earthshine
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earthshine
noun
The sunlight reflected from the earth's surface that illuminates part of the moon not directly lighted by the sun. Also called earthlight .
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Noun
(uncountable)
- (astronomy) Alternative capitalization of earthshine.
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