Flammarion, Camille, 1842-1925, Welby, Frances A. (Frances Alice) tr · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 260
Earth, and its non-illuminatedhemisphere is turned toward us. This is the New 240 THE MOON Moon, invisible to us; but two days later, the slim cres-cent of Diana sheds a gentle radiance upon the Earth.Gradually the crescent enlarges. When the Moon ar-rives at right angles w^ith ourselves and v^ith… … c Fig. 70.—The Moons Phases. illuminated. Then comes the decline: the brilliant diskis slightly corroded at first; it diminishes from day to day,and about a week before the New Moon our fair friendonly shows her profile before she once more passes infront of the Sun: this is the last quarter. When…
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