The time of day when the sun at its zenith, relative to the observer, is called "noon."
What is the lunar equivalent? "Moon's zenith" sounds so clunky.
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The time of day when the sun at its zenith, relative to the observer, is called "noon."
What is the lunar equivalent? "Moon's zenith" sounds so clunky.
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Zenith, in its sense “(astronomy) The highest point in the sky reached by a celestial body”, actually is quite suitable for the purpose. In some sentences, lunar zenith may read slightly better than moon's zenith.
A term that is technically correct but may be misunderstood is transit, in its sense “(astronomy) The passage of a celestial body across the observer's meridian”. A problem with transit is that another sense, “The passage of a celestial body ... across the disk of a larger celestial body” is more-commonly associated with moons and satellites than is the meridian sense , which is often associated with stars. Thus, previously-mentioned culmination's sense “(astronomy) The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit” may be a better choice.