The heavens above: a popular handbook of astronomy (1882)
Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908 · New York, Chicago, Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 116
From full to newmoon again, the phases occur in the reverse order. ASTRONOMY. 97 99. The Form of the Moons Orbit.—The orbit of themoon around the earth is an elhpse of sHght eccentricity.The form of this elhpse is shown in Fig. 113. C is thecentre of the elHpse, and E the position of the earth at… … Fig. 113. of the moons orbit is inclined to the ecliptic by an angleof about five degrees. The two points where the moonsorbit cuts the ecliptic are called her nodes. The moonsnodes have a westward motion corresponding to that of theequinoxes, but much more rapid. They complete the cir-cuit of the…
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