lunistice Astr.
(ˈl(j)uːnɪstɪs)
Also 7 lunestice.
[as if ad. mod.L. *lūnistitium, f. lūna moon + -stitium a stopping, after solstitium.]
The point at which the moon has the greatest northing or southing in her monthly course; the time at which she reaches this point.
| 1650 Charleton Paradoxes 43 The Sea conformes to either Lunestice. 1860 in Worcester, and in later Dicts. |