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harvest moon

(Encyclopedia) harvest moon, full moon occurring nearest to the autumnal equinox, about Sept. 23. During harvest moon the retardation (later rising each night) of the moon is at a minimum because of…

Moon, Warren

(Encyclopedia) Moon, Warren (Harold Warren Moon, Jr.), 1956–, African-American football player, b. Los Angeles. Moon quarterbacked the Univ. of Washington Huskies to a Rose Bowl title in 1978, but he…

moon worship

(Encyclopedia) moon worship. Although the moon has not had great prominence in the history of religion, the worship of it has been known since earliest recorded time—in the oldest literatures of…

The Moon

Mercury and Venus do not have any moons. The planet that comes after Earth, Mars, has two very small moons. Jupiter has four major moons and at least 59 minor ones. Saturn, the ringed planet, has 56…

hunter's moon

(Encyclopedia) hunter's moon, the next full moon after the harvest moon, which it resembles.

eclipse

(Encyclopedia) CE5 A. Lunar eclipse B. Solar eclipse eclipseeclipseēklĭpsˈ, ĭ– [key] [Gr.,=failing], in astronomy, partial or total obscuring of one celestial body by the shadow of another. Best…

Moon, Sun Myung

(Encyclopedia) Moon, Sun MyungMoon, Sun Myungsŭn yŭng m&oomacr;n [key], 1920–2012, South Korean religious leader. He was an engineering student in Japan and a dockworker before founding (1954)…

maria

(Encyclopedia) maria: see moon.

mascon

(Encyclopedia) mascon: see moon.

Unification Church

(Encyclopedia) Unification Church, church founded (1954) in South Korea by Sun Myung Moon; officially the Holy Spirit Association for the Unification for World Christianity. Moon moved to the United…