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lying outside, and not inthe middle as at New Moon. 230. At C and D our satellite is represented midwaybetween these two positions. Again, it is evident thatat C we shall see one-half of the lit-up Moon—that half 96 ASTRONOMY. lying to the right, as seen from the Earth ; at D we shallsee the lit-up… … Ft^. T4.—TTisscs of Ae T\Tonn. part of the lit-up portion, and we shall get a crescentMoon, the crescent in both cases being turned to theSun. At G and H the Moon will be gribbous.231. So that the history of the phases is as follows :— New Moon. The Moon is invisible to us, because theSun is…
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