The elements of theoretical and descriptive astronomy, for the use of colleges and academies (1901)
White, Charles J. (Charles Joyce), 1839-1917 · New York, J. Wiley & sons; · leaf 128
from the formula, when the declina-tion is equal to the latitude, and has the same name. The new moon is in the same part of the heavens that the sunis in Art. 139), and the full moon is in the opposite part. Sincethe sun attains its least altitude in winter and its greatest insummer, new moons… … Fig. 52. rath of the radius of the earth to the distance of the moon fromirth, it is evident that we can determine this distance as soon as we obtain the horizontal parallax. The horizontal parallax maybe found in the following manner:—In Fig. 52, letthe centre of the earth, EQ it- equator, and A…
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