Lunar standstill
A lunar standstill or lunistice (reminiscent of solstice) is the relative position of the Moon furthest north or furthest south from the celestial equator (measured as an angle expressed in degrees called declination of a celestial coordinate system, analogous to latitude). The Moon comes to an apparent so-called standstill as it changes at that point direction of moving between northern and southern positions in the course of a month (specifically a tropical month of about 27.3 days).