Elements of astronomy: accompanied with numerous illustrations, a colored representation of the solar, stellar, and nebular spectra, and celestial charts of the northern and the southern hemisphere (1875)
Lockyer, Norman, Sir, 1836-1920 · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 129
n, like the Earth,gets all her light from the Sun. Now, it is clear that theSun can only light up that half of the Moon which is turnedtoward it; it is equally clear that, if we were on the sameside of the Moon as the Sun is, we should see the lit-uphalf—if we were on the other side, being opposite… … Fig. 53.—The Phases of the Moon. lie to the right; the Moons orbit is represented, and atits centre the Earth, the half turned toward the Sun beinglighted up. When the Moon is at A, the illuminated sideis away from the Earth, and we cannot see it; this is the Moon ? In explaining these, what facts…
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