Sharpless, Isaac, 1848-1920, Philips, G. M. (George Morris), 1851-1920, joint author · Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott company · leaf 138
explanation of the harvestmoon clear to the student, but a globe having the ecliptic markedupon it is better than any figure. If the successive daily positionsof the moon be marked upon the ecliptic with chalk, beginning at theequinox, when the globe is revolved these marks will appear at… … Fig. 30.—The Moos near the Last Quarter. (From Newcombs Popular Astronomy.) best time for evening observation of the moon is fromthe time it is new until it is half full. The inner edge 12 134 ASTRONOMY. of the crescent, separating the light and dark parts ofthe moon, called the terminator^ will be…
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