Elementary astronomy; a beginner's text-book (1899)
Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914 · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 238
rth is 27^ days therefore. Phases of the Moon.—The Moon is an opaque body andis formed of materials something like the rocks and soils of 216 THE MOTIONS AND PHASES OF THE MOON. 217 the Earth. Like the planets, she does not shine by her ownlight, but by the light of the Sun, which is reflected… … Fig. 136.—The ^!oon (M) in her Orbit Round the Earth (E). Half of each body is illuminated by the Sun. The Sun is not shown inthe drawing. If it were to be inserted it would have to be on the right-hand side of the picture about thirty-five feet distant from E. We can see only half of the…
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