How to Use lunar in a Sentence

lunar

adjective

• Later, a lunar sextile to karmic Saturn gives us the urge to make the day count.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2023
• The sun and moon are hidden from sight in lunar and solar eclipses.
  — Detroit Free Press, 25 Mar. 2024
• There are lots of reasons to return to the lunar surface.
  — David W. Brown, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
• The United Arab Emirates had a mini lunar rover on board that was lost in the crash.
  — Marcia Dunn, ajc, 26 May 2023
• While that equals the lunar distance from the Earth, the moon was nowhere near its position at that point.
  — Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2024
• So, one of the first things is trying to build a self-sustainable lunar base.
  — Bret Baier, Fox News, 30 Nov. 2023
• There’s a reason why countries want to reach key lunar sites first.
  — Ramin Skibba, WIRED, 18 Aug. 2023
• The landing marked the first time any nation has landed near the south pole and the first lunar touchdown for India.
  — Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2023
• Which country looked to land on the moon the world’s first commercial lunar lander? 10.
  — CNN, 27 Apr. 2023
• Apollo 17 spent 75 hours on the lunar surface, the longest stay at the Moon of any human mission.
  — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 17 Nov. 2023
• Launched in December, the Lunar Flashlight was supposed to hunt for ice in the shadowed craters of the lunar south pole.
  — Marcia Dunn, ajc, 12 May 2023
• This process makes the lunar surface prone to puckering—just as a smooth grape dries into a wrinkly raisin.
  — Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Feb. 2024
• While new moons are always dark in appearance, March's lunar phase has a bright side!
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 5 Mar. 2024
• The habitat mimics the size of a lunar base or small spacecraft and can house crews of four people for long periods of time.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 12 May 2023
• Instead, the Orion capsule will swing around the moon and use lunar gravity to sling the spacecraft back towards the Earth.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 Jan. 2024
• As part of the mission, two astronauts will spend about a week living and working on the lunar surface.
  — Cnn.com, The Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2024
• The Lunar New Year aligns with the Chinese lunar calendar and began around 3,500 years ago.
  — Marina Johnson, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Feb. 2024
• This might not resonate as strongly with Cancers, who are lunar creatures ruled by the moon.
  — Bianca London, Glamour, 22 Sep. 2023
• Here’s how to catch Thursday’s lunar marvel, including where to look and when.
  — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2023
• China’s Chang’e-5 spacecraft brought back these glass beads from lunar soil.
  — Ned Potter, IEEE Spectrum, 12 Apr. 2023
• During that mission, humans are expected to explore the region near the lunar South Pole for the first time.
  — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2024
• And even if your skin doesn’t look like the lunar surface, dry skin is still cracking at the microscopic level.
  — Alex Orlando, Discover Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
• The space agency has hired SpaceX to adapt Starship as a lunar lander to take two astronauts to the moon’s south polar regions.
  — Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 18 Nov. 2023
• Experts have known for over a decade that water exists on the moon, but the study reveals lunar water in colder, shadier places such as crater rims.
  — Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 May 2023
• The Apollo 11 display featured several lunar fragments encased in acrylic on a stand with a small flag that also made the trip to the moon.
  — David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Apr. 2023
• The company has long-term plans to develop lunar resources and sell them to others.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 25 Apr. 2023
• And just as the roots of art on the moon stretch back to the early days of lunar exploration, Koons isn’t alone in turning his artistic vision to our nearest neighbor.
  — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 21 Feb. 2024
• The space agency aims to establish a scientific lunar base that could help set the stage for future missions to Mars.
  — Sarah Al-Arshani, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
• Chinese scientists plan to use the Chang'e 8 lunar probe to test the use of 3D-printing technologies for constructing buildings on the Moon.
  — Stephanie Mlot, PCMAG, 24 Apr. 2023
• Its explorative pursuits also led India to become the first to land a spacecraft near the lunar south pole in August 2023.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 20 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 7 May 2024