An eclipse in which the eclipsed body is only partially obscured.

Roget 422: dimness etc. adj.; darkness etc. 421; paleness etc. (light color) 429.    half light, demi-jour; partial shadow, partial eclipse; shadow of a shade; glimmer, gliming^†; nebulosity; cloud etc. 353; eclipse.    aurora, dusk, twilight, shades of evening, crepuscule, cockshut time^†; break of day, daybreak, dawn.    moonlight, moonbeam, moonglade^†, moonshine; starlight, owl's light, candlelight, rushlight, firelight; farthing candle.    ... show more