Moon-culminating

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Moon-culminating \Moon"-cul"mi*na`ting\, a.
     Culminating, or coming to the meredian, at or about the same
     time with the moon; -- said of a star or stars, esp. of
     certain stars selected beforehand, and named in an ephemeris
     (as the Nautical Almanac), as suitable to be observed in
     connection with the moon at culmination, for determining


     terrestrial longitude.
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