The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit.
Attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc.
passage of a celestial object across the observer's meridian; also called "meridian passage". More precisely, culmination is the passage through the point of greatest altitude in the diurnal path. Upper culmination (also called "culmination above pole" for circumpolar stars and the Moon) or transit is the crossing closer to the observer's zenith. Lower culmination (also called "culmination below pole" for circumpolar stars and the Moon) is the crossing farther from the zenith.
the moment when a celestial object crosses the meridian and is thus as its highest above the horizon.
(astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon
An object culminates when it reaches greatest and least altitudes ( upper culmination and their lower culmination respectively). For non circumpolar objects, the lower culmination is below the horizon. Most objects (the Moon sometimes being a notable exception) culminate when they reach the observer's meridian.
The point at which a celestial body reaches its maximum altitude for the given observer. Also transit, meridian passage.
A celestial object is said to culminate when it crosses your meridian (either upper or lower).
An object is said to culminate when it reaches its highest point in the sky. For northern observers, this occurs when the object is due South. For southern observers when it is due North.
Culmination is the highest altitude that a celestial object attains above the horizon (as seen from Earth); an object culminates as it crosses the observer's meridian.
the highest point on a four-way dip closed structure, also used to indicate that a four-way dip closure exists.
A term used to describe a planet's arrival at the Midheaven (natally or by progression or transit); also used to indicate the completion of an aspect by progression, i.e., when a platic aspect reaches partile, it culminates.
The arrival of a planet at the degree of the MC. The culmination of an aspect is when it is completed, regardless of the MC.
The maximum altitude of a celestial body above the horizon. In other words, when an astronomical body transits the meridian.
In astronomy, the culmination, at a given point, of a planet, star, constellation, etc. is the time within the diurnal motion when it appears on an observer's meridian; in other words, its highest point, when it is closest to the zenith.