Sentence examples for moon occurred from inspiring English sources

The first successful detection of radar signals from the Moon occurred in 1946.

The blood moon – a lunar eclipse combined with a "super moon" – occurred without event on 27 September.

Turchynov's request for UN assistance, made in a telephone call on Monday with secretary general Ban Ki Moon, occurred hours after protesters in the country refused to abide by a deadline to disarm and leave the buildings they have occupied.

But a total eclipse was visible from Central America in February 1998, and an annular eclipse (in which parts of the sun are still visible as a ring around the moon) occurred over parts of the Far East last August.

When these failed to reverse the situation, Demosthenes favoured the withdrawal of the Athenian army, but an eclipse of the Moon occurred on Aug. 27, 413, and the superstitious Nicias accepted his soothsayers' advice to delay setting out.

The first series had only 20 days (January 1 20 , 1868, and the full Moon occurred on January 10.

The eclipses of the Sun and the Moon occur at new moon and full moon, respectively, so that one basic time period involved in the occurrence of eclipses is the synodic month i.e., the interval between successive new moons, as seen from Earth.

New moon occurs when the Moon is between Earth and the Sun, and thus the side of the Moon that is in shadow faces Earth.

Full moon occurs when the Moon is on the opposite side of Earth from the Sun, and thus the side of the Moon that is illuminated faces Earth.

A solar eclipse can occur only when new moon occurs close to one of the points (known as nodes) where the Moon's orbit crosses the ecliptic.

From the top portion of the figure of the Moon's ascending node, it is evident that a solar eclipse will take place if a new moon occurs while the Sun moves from position S1 to position S4.