antiselene

noun

an·​ti·​se·​le·​ne

plural -s

: a white luminous spot like a halo occurring rarely at the same elevation as the moon and in the opposite azimuth

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from New Latin, from anti- anti- entry 1 + Greek selḗnē "moon"

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