Assertion: moon | /r/HasProperty | aligned
Facets:
value: nearly
type: DEGREE
value: imperfectly
type: DEGREE
value: during the partial phase
type: TEMPORAL
value: quite perfectly
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: New Moon is the first primary phase and it occurs the moment when the Sun and Moon are aligned, with the Sun and Earth on opposite sides of the Moon.
text: Lunar eclipses occur when the moon, Earth and the sun are aligned and the moon passes into Earth’s shadow.
text: When the sun, Earth and the moon are aligned, Earth casts a shadow that projects out into the shape of an imaginary cone.
text: Total eclipses of the Moon happen at Full Moon when the Sun, Earth, and Moon are aligned to form a line.
text: Perigee is the point at which the Moon is closest in its orbit to the Earth, and syzygy is when the Earth, the Moon and the Sun are aligned, which happens at every full or new moon.
text: During the partial phase, the sun, Earth and moon are not quite perfectly aligned, and Earth's shadow appears to take a bite out of the moon.
text: A penumbral lunar eclipse results when the Sun, Earth, and the Moon are imperfectly aligned.
text: In both cases, the Moon is in syzygy, that is, the Sun, Moon and Earth are nearly aligned.