earthshine

/urth-shahyn/US // ˈɜrθˌʃaɪn //UK // (ˈɜːθˌʃaɪn) //

阳光,阳光下,阳光下的地球,土气

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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Astronomy.
- : the faint illumination of the part of the moon not illuminated by sunlight, as during a crescent phase, caused by the reflection of light from the earth.

And now day begins to decline; and your globe, which never sets to us, will soon shed her pale earthshine over the landscape.
The ancients were greatly exercised in their minds to account for this "earthlight," or "earthshine," as it is also called.
One might have supposed that Fanny's influence had added a slim crescent of silvery light to her habitual earthshine.