Time and Light

Many time words relate to light and rotation of the earth.

after-glow

analemma

apparent time

Atlantic time

aurora Australis

aurora Borealis

calendar

chronometer

circle of illumination

corona

dawn

day

day

ecliptic

equinox

equinox, autumnal

equinox, vernal

fall

Greenwich Mean time

growing season

horizon

horizon ring

iceblink

inclination

inclination of the earth's axis

insolation

International Date Line

International Date Line

isohel

leap year

local time

local time

lunar eclipse

lunar month

mackerel sky

mean solar day

midnight sun

minute

mirage

mock moon

mock sun

month

moon

moon secular

northern lights

orbit

orbit of the earth

Pacific time

revolution

revolution of the earth

rotation of the earth

season

second

shadow

shadow stick

solar day

solar day, mean

solar time

solstice

solstice

spring equinox

Standard time

standard time

standard time belts

sun

sundial

sunrise

sunrise

sunset

sunset

sunshine

sunshine recorder

time

time

time dial

time zone maps

time zones

twilight

ubac

veranillo

verano

vernal equinox

year

year

zodiac

zone time


Written by Dr. Loretta Kuse and Dr. Hildegard Kuse