Moonbeam: alternatives and connections

So near the sun as to be obscured or eclipsed by his light, as the moon or planets when not more than eight degrees and a half from th…

The increasing moon; the moon in her first quarter, or when defined by a concave and a convex edge; also, applied improperly to the ol…

Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep…

The light of day as opposed to the darkness of night; the light of the sun, as opposed to that of the moon or to artificial light.

The science of the refraction of light; that part of geometrical optics which treats of the laws of the refraction of light in passing…

A very intense light, produced by turning two streams of gas, one oxygen and the other hydrogen, or coal gas, in a state of ignition,…

An interception or obscuration of the light of the sun, moon, or other luminous body, by the intervention of some other body, either b…

The reappearance of a heavenly body after an eclipse or occultation; as, the emersion of the moon from the shadow of the earth; the em…

The moon's age at the beginning of the calendar year, or the number of days by which the last new moon has preceded the beginning of t…

That property which some transparent bodies have of producing at their surface, or within their substance, light different in color fr…

the time when the Moon is fully illuminated; "the moon is at the full"

Pertaining to the earth and moon; belonging to the joint action or mutual relations of the earth and moon; as, geoselenic phenomena.

Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant; convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the half-moon and the full moon.

A luminous circle, usually prismatically colored, round the sun or moon, and supposed to be caused by the refraction of light through…

To make light; to throw light on; to supply with light, literally or figuratively; to brighten.

The period of increasing light, or luminous phase; the waxing; -- said of the moon.

Increasing; on the increase; -- said of the moon represented as the new moon, with the points turned toward the dexter side.

Something inclosing a light, and protecting it from wind, rain, etc. ; -- sometimes portable, as a closed vessel or case of horn, perf…