The starry skies: or, First lessons on the sun, moon and stars (1894)
Giberne, Agnes, 1845-1939 · New York, American tract society · leaf 80
lamp lights thathalf of the ball which is turned aw^ay from you. The real New Moon in the sky is invisible.Here you can see the dark side of the ball be-cause the lamplight creeps round it. Still evenhere you will find a difference between thebright and the shaded parts. Then, if you hold the ball… … The Moon. Third quarter. \&/x days old. THE MOONS CHANGES. 6j and half of the darker side. In the real Moonthe shaded quarter would be hidden, and onlythe bright quarter would be visible. This quarter we call a Half Moon. Itis a quarter of the whole Moon, taking the Moonall round ; but it is a…
Astronomy
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