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PHASE MOON [1 record]

Record 1 2014-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Moon (Astronomy)
CONT

The moon is a dark globe shining only by reflected light. As it revolves around the earth, its sunlit hemisphere is presented to us in successively increasing or diminishing amounts. These are the "phases" of the moon.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lune (Astronomie)
CONT

Le mouvement apparent de la Lune s'accompagne d'une variation continue de son aspect extérieur qu'on appelle «phases de la Lune».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Luna (Astronomía)
CONT

Fases de la Luna. En razón de su rotación en torno de la Tierra, el globo lunar se halla sucesivamente iluminado por el Sol, desde todos los ángulos.

OBS

Las voces "sol", "tierra" y "luna" se escriben con mayúscula inicial en contextos astronómicos, en los que estos términos funcionan como nombres designativos de los respectivos objetos, pero en minúscula fuera de contextos estrictamente astronómicos, tanto si se refieren a los astros en sí como en los usos derivados o metafóricos.

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