Mattison, Hiram, 1811-1868 · New York, Huntington and Savage, Mason and Law · leaf 111
[The student will understand that the Moon, by revolving around the Earth almostin the plane of the ecliptic, must vary in her distance from the Sun, not only as theEarth varies (346), but to the amount of the diameter of her own orbit, or 480,000miles, from New to Full Moon. See Illustration, page… … [In this picture we see the Full Moon rising in the east, as the Sun goes out of sightbehind the hills in the west. What a splendid Moon! She appears to rise out of theocean, and to throw her silvery light upon the waves, and upon the sails of the shipsfar off at sea. The same kind teacher is out…
Astronomy
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