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SYZYGY The points in the moon's orbit about the earth at which the moon is new or full.
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Syzygy
In solar-terrestrial terms, the instance (new moon or full moon) when the earth, sun, and moon are all in a straight line.
Syzygy: The instance (new moon or full moon) when the earth, sun, and moon are all in a straight line.
For example, the old oceanographic term for the lag in days between the occurrence of syzygy and the highest spring tide is the "age of the tide;" the lag between perigee and the highest perigean tide is the "age of parallax inequality." ...
Meridian Passage (CMP), Continuum Storm (CTM), Differential Rotation, Granulation, High-Speed Stream, insolation, Plage Corridor, Plagenil, Solar Coordinates, Solar Cycle, Solar Maximum, Solar Minimum, Solar Sector Boundary (SSB), SPOTNIL, Syzygy ...
SYNOPTIC SCALE The size of migratory high and low pressure systems in the lower troposphere that cover a horizontal area of several hundred miles or more. Contrast with macroscale, mesoscale, and storms. SYZYGY The points in the moon's orbit about ...
 See also: Moisture, Sea level, Advection, Current, Pressure
  
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