ascending node

American  

noun

Astronomy.

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

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Example Sentences

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 position of the ascending node, or the point where the comet crossed the terrestrial orbit.

From Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space by Verne, Jules

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

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

On the longitude of the ascending node of the lunar orbit on the ecliptic. 5th.

From Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence by Bassnett, Thomas