The heavens above: a popular handbook of astronomy (1882)
Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908 · New York, Chicago, Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 115
of this illuminedhalf are turned towards the earth. At new moon, when themoon is in conjunction, the bright half is turned entirelyaway from the earth, and the disc of the moon is black and 96 ASTRONOMY. invisible. Between new moon and first quarter, less thanhalf of the illumined side is turned… … Between first quarter and full, more than half of the illu-mined side is turned towards the earth, and we see it asgibbous. At full, the whole of the illumined side is turnedtowards us, and we see it as a full circle. From full to newmoon again, the phases occur in the reverse order. ASTRONOMY. 97…
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