A text-book of general astronomy : for colleges and scientific schools (1888)
Young, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1834-1908 · Boston ; London : Ginn & Company · leaf 170
surface. THE MOON S PHASES. 157 analogous to a tidal wave If the moon were ever plastic, such abulge must have been formed on the side of the moon next the earth,and would serve as the handle by which the earth always keeps thesame face of the moon towards herself. This subject will be re-sumed… … Fig. 82. —Explanation of the Phases of the Moon. only that part of the illuminated hemisphere which is at the time turnedtowards the earth. At new moon, when the moon is between theearth and the sun, the dark side is towards us. A week later, at theend of the first quarter, half of the illuminated…
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