The heavens above: a popular handbook of astronomy (1882)
Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908 · New York, Chicago, Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 235
ow. It will be seen from the figure thatthe moon can pass into . shadow of the earth only whenshe is in opposition, or at full. Owing to the inclina-tion of the moons orbit to the ecliptic, the moon will pass 212 ASTRONOMY. either above or below the earths shadow when she is atfull, unless she… … Fig. 232. but not sufficiently to attract attention, or to be denomi-nated an eclipse. 207. The Lunar Ecliptic Limits. — In Fig. 236 the lineAB represents the plane of the ecliptic, and the line CD themoons orbit. The large black circles on the line ^i? repre-sent sections of the umbra of the…
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