ascending node

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noun

Astronomy.

1. the node through which an orbiting body passes as it moves to the north (opposed to descending node).

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ascending node

The Ráhu, the ascending node, is derived from the verb literally meaning to abandon, void, hence also black, darkness, shadow, etc., and is represented in mythology as having no body, the umbra of the astronomers.

From Phallic Miscellanies Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as Illustrated Chiefly in the Religions of India by Jennings, Hargrave

It is merely the ascending node in astronomy wherein alone the eclipses can take place.

From India, Its Life and Thought by Jones, John P. (John Peter)

The point E, where Venus crosses the plane of the earth's orbit, is called the ascending node.

From Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work by Warren, Henry White

The Cluster Queen's outline on the scope became sharp and then faded into fuzziness once more as the Fleury passed it hyperspatially along the ascending node of the arc.

From Spillthrough by Galouye, Daniel F.

When crossing the ecliptic from south to north the Moon is in its ascending node, and when crossing from north to south in its descending node.

From The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' by Orchard, Thomas Nathaniel