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Faint illumination of the moon's dark side
Answer for the clue "Faint illumination of the moon's dark side ", 10 letters:
earthshine
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alt. (context astronomy English) Reflected earthlight visible on the Moon's night side. n. (context astronomy English) Reflected earthlight visible on the Moon's night side.
Usage examples of earthshine.
With the ship turned around for course correction, he could see the Moon glowing with Earthshine, and a bright crescent so thin it was almost a hair.
I was in darkness, save for the earthshine and the glitter of the stars below me.
A slightly diminished albedo, but that was consistent with the earthshine being registered down here.
His way lit by Earthshine, he would have walked freely, untouched by the heat or radiation of the Sun.
The average reflectivity, or albedo, of the Earth, as measured directly from satellites and indirectly from Earthshine reflected off the dark side of the Moon, is about 35 percent.