Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick), 1869- · New York, London, D. Appleton and company · leaf 118
hecenter of the Moons orbit and the Moon is pictured in eightpositions, as it moves round the Earth, one for each phase, while THE MOON, THE EARTHS DAUGHTER 97 the sunlight falling upon the Earth and the Moon is shown bystreamers of light from the Sun above. The diagram, Fig. 110, shows how the… … FULLMOOHFig. 110.—Diagram op the Moons Phases as We See Them. Starting now with the new Moon, Fig. 109, it will be seenthat the Moon is directly between the Earth and the Sun andhence that part of the Moon toward the Earth is in the shadow.Now, since the eye can see nothing in the sky which is…
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