Mitton, G. E. (Geraldine Edith) · London A. and C. Black · leaf 50
is to say, when her dark side is THE SHINING MOON 29 toward us, and she happens to get exactly betweenus and the sun—she shuts out the face of the sunfrom us; for though she is tiny compared with him,she is so much nearer to us that she appears almostthe same size, and can blot him right out.… … AN ECLIPSE OF THE SUN. moon ; and that of the sun at new moon, when sheis nearest to him, and it is caused by the solid bodyof the moon coming between us and the sun. Besides giving us light by night, the moon servesother important purposes, and the most importantof all is the raising of the tides.…
Astronomy -- Juvenile literature
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