OPPOSITION
, is that aspect or situation of two planets or stars, when they are diametrically opposite to each other; being 180°, or a semi-circle apart; and marked thus <*>.
The moon is in Opposition to the sun when she is at the full.
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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.
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