Mattison, Hiram, 1811-1868 · New York, Huntington and Savage, Mason and Law · leaf 122
Below the Sun. [Let the line joining the Earth and the Sun represent the plane of the ecliptic. Nowas the orbit of the Moon departs from this plane 5° 9, as shown and illustrated at 461,she may appear either above or below the Sun at New Moon, as represented in thefigure ; and her shadow fall above… … 116 PRIMARY ASTRONOMY. SOLAR ECLIPSE. 535. Why do Eclipses of the Sun always comeon from the West and pass over Eastward 1 Because the Moon, which causes them,revolves from west to east.
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