earthshine

earth·shine
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UK/ˈɜːθʃaɪn/US/ˈɜɹθʃaɪn/

noun

Sunlight reflected from the Earth's surface, especially when visible on the part of the Moon's surface not illuminated by the Sun (the night side); earthlight.

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Meanings

earthshine1

nounearthshine (uncountable)

alternative Earthshine · alternative earth-shine

  1. uncountableastronomySunlight reflected from the Earth's surface, especially when visible on the part of the Moon's surface not illuminated by the Sun (the night side); earthlight.

Earthshine2

nounEarthshine (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAlternative letter-case form of earthshine.

Origin

From earth + shine (noun), modelled after moonshine.

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Translations

Arabic ضوء الأرض
  • ضوء الأرضsunlight reflected from the Earth’s surface
Chinese Mandarin 地球反照
  • 地球反照 (Dìqiúfǎnzhào)sunlight reflected from the Earth’s surface
Dutch asgrauwe licht
  • asgrauwe lichtsunlight reflected from the Earth’s surface
Finnish maatamo
  • maatamosunlight reflected from the Earth’s surface
French clair de Terre, lumière cendrée
  • clair de Terresunlight reflected from the Earth’s surface
  • lumière cendréesunlight reflected from the Earth’s surface
German Erdschein
  • Erdscheinsunlight reflected from the Earth’s surface
Hebrew אור ארץ
  • אור ארץsunlight reflected from the Earth’s surface
Indonesian cahaya bumi, sinar bumi
  • cahaya bumisunlight reflected from the Earth’s surface
  • sinar bumisunlight reflected from the Earth’s surface
Irish domhanloinnir
  • domhanloinnirsunlight reflected from the Earth’s surface
Japanese 地球照
  • 地球照 (chikyūshō)sunlight reflected from the Earth’s surface
Korean 지구조
  • 지구조 (jigujo)sunlight reflected from the Earth’s surface
Malay cahaya bumi
  • cahaya bumisunlight reflected from the Earth’s surface
Persian زمینتاب
  • زمینتاب (zamintâb)sunlight reflected from the Earth’s surface
Polish blask Ziemi
  • blask Ziemisunlight reflected from the Earth’s surface
Spanish luz cenicienta, luz terrestre
  • luz cenicientasunlight reflected from the Earth’s surface
  • luz terrestresunlight reflected from the Earth’s surface
Swedish jordsken
  • jordskensunlight reflected from the Earth’s surface
Thai แสงโลก
  • แสงโลกsunlight reflected from the Earth’s surface
Vietnamese ánh sáng Trái Đất
  • ánh sáng Trái Đấtsunlight reflected from the Earth’s surface
Cite this entry
APA

earthshine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/earthshine

MLA

“earthshine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/earthshine. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “earthshine,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/earthshine.

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