Astronomy for the use of schools and academies (1882)
Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908, Rolfe, W. J. (William James), 1827-1910 · New York : Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 117
c, and ofcourse she passes both -equinoxes every lunation. When sheis near the autumnal equinox, her path makes the greatestangle with the eastern horizon, and when she is near thevernal equinox, the least angle:hence the moon moves awayfrom the horizon fastest whenshe is near the autumnal… … Fig. 117. in Fig. 116, represents the autumnal equinox, and AE M thedaily motion of the moon. VE, in Fig. 117, represents thevernal equinox, and VE M the motion of the moon for oneday. In the first case this motion would carry the moon awayfrom the horizon the distance A M, and in the second case…
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