Colbert, E[lias] [from old catalog] · Chicago, G. & C. W. Sherwood · leaf 105
l, when,being in Opposition, her illuminated side is turneddirectly towards us. From this, to the time ofNew Moon, her light, diminishes, presenting thesame changes, but in inverse order, till she be-comes again totally obscured at her Conjunctionwith the Sun. That the Moon is an opaque body is… … 174:. Latitude.—The Moon is seldom foundon the Ecliptic. Her orbit makes an angle of5° 8 48, with the plane of the Suns apparent path.The point where she crosses the Ecliptic into NorthLatitude is called the North Node, the placewhere she changes from North to South Latitudeis the South Node. The…
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