The heavens above: a popular handbook of astronomy (1882)
Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908 · New York, Chicago, Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 122
advanceof her orbital motion, so that A B is again inclined to the linejoining the centres of the earth and moon. A portion of theeastern limb of the moon beyond B is now brought into viewto the earth, and a portion of the western limb at A is carriedout of view. While the moon is passing from M to… … Fig. iig. I04 ASTRONOMY. whether she were on the eastern horizon, in the zenith,or on the western horizon, an observer on the surface ofthe earth does not get exactly the same view in thesethree cases. When the moon is on the eastern horizon,an observer on the surface of the earth would see a…
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