How to Use lunar in a Sentence

lunar

adjective

• This will be the first of two lunar eclipses in 2022, Space.com said.
  — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 9 May 2022
• That means there’s no lunar light to wash out the show.
  — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2024
• On the night of the full moon and with a clear sky, from the mist of the falls, a lunar rainbow will appear.
  — Carrie Dennis, Travel + Leisure, 26 Feb. 2023
• The moon takes about 30 days to revolve around the Earth, which is called a lunar cycle.
  — Joel Shannon, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2023
• This is the third time the lunar rocket's launch has been postponed.
  — Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 26 Sep. 2022
• The next lunar new year begins on Jan. 22, and the new feng shui cycle starts Feb. 4.
  — Cao Li, WSJ, 12 Jan. 2023
• Later, a lunar sextile to karmic Saturn gives us the urge to make the day count.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2023
• The sun and moon are hidden from sight in lunar and solar eclipses.
  — Detroit Free Press, 25 Mar. 2024
• There are lots of reasons to return to the lunar surface.
  — David W. Brown, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
• The lunar dust is the first sample from the mission that could be legally sold.
  — Asha C. Gilbert, USA TODAY, 15 Apr. 2022
• There will be two solar eclipses and two lunar eclipses in 2023.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Feb. 2023
• The eventual goal is to build a base on the lunar surface.
  — Denise Chow, NBC News, 9 Aug. 2024
• As always, this New Moon marks the start of a new lunar cycle.
  — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2023
• The United Arab Emirates had a mini lunar rover on board that was lost in the crash.
  — Marcia Dunn, ajc, 26 May 2023
• While that equals the lunar distance from the Earth, the moon was nowhere near its position at that point.
  — Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2024
• If all goes well, NASA could send a crew to the lunar surface as early as 2025.
  — Denise Chow, NBC News, 13 Sep. 2022
• Total lunar eclipses occur when the Earth lines up between the moon and the sun, hiding the moon from the star's light.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 13 May 2022
• So, one of the first things is trying to build a self-sustainable lunar base.
  — Bret Baier, Fox News, 30 Nov. 2023
• His abilities seem to grow and wane with the lunar cycle (hence the name Moon Knight).
  — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 21 Mar. 2022
• Chang’e-5 is the first mission to retrieve lunar rocks and return them to Earth in 45 years.
  — David Bressan, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2021
• The lunar axis of the moon determines the signs the lunation is in.
  — Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 11 Mar. 2025
• By the mid-2030s, the lunar cycle will be set to amplify Earth's tides once again.
  — NBC News, 16 July 2021
• This year, the holiday falls on Sept. 17, the fifteenth day of the eighth month in the lunar calendar.
  — Reia Li, The Arizona Republic, 12 Sep. 2024
• What happens during the new moon phase of the lunar cycle?
  — Emily Newhouse, Allure, 27 July 2022
• While the lunar footprint showed tread, the astronaut's boot had a smooth sole.
  — Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2022
• The process altered the lunar surface and thus hid the moon’s real age, according to the study.
  — Denise Chow, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2024
• Astrobotic’s lunar south pole mission could launch later this year.
  — Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 27 Apr. 2026
• That’s why lunar maria have names like the Ocean of Storms and the Sea of Tranquility.
  — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 26 Apr. 2026
• Next, find the Ritter and Sabine craters to the southwestern edge of the lunar sea.
  — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 25 Apr. 2026
• Missions heading to the lunar surface won’t have to venture so far beyond the far side of the Moon.
  — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 25 Apr. 2026