A new manual of the elements of astronomy, descriptive and mathematical .. (1868)
Kiddle, Henry, 1824-1891 · New York, Ivison, Phinney, Blakeman & co.; Chicago, S.C. Griggs & co. · leaf 120
the moon is in conjunction, the dark sidebeing turned toward us, she is called new moon ; when sheis in quadrature and shows half of her disc, she is calledhalf-moon; when she is in opposition, she is called fullmoon. When she is in quadrature after conjunction, she issaid to be in her first… … PHASES OF THE MOON 167. When she is between conjunction and quadratureshe assumes the crescent form, and is then said to be horned;when she is between opposition and quadrature, she exhibitsmore than one-half of her disc, but not the whole, and issaid to be gibbous. The positions of new and full…
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