 ... because she is always in that sign which is diametrically opposite to the sun at the time of full moon. When the sun is at his greatest depression below the horizon, being then in Capricorn, the moon is at her FIRST QUARTER in Aries : FULL in Cancer...  The Planetarium and Astronomical Calculator - Page 112by Tobias Ostrander - 1832 - 262 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Ferguson - Astronomy - 1809 - 574 pages
...after the mil, shining for 14 of our days and nights. And when the Sun is at his greatest depression below the horizon, being then in Capricorn, the Moon...the highest, and Libra the setting point, the Moon rises at her first quarter in Aries, is most elevated above the horizon, and full in Cancer, and sets... | |
 | Thomas Keith - Astronomy - 1811 - 388 pages
...diametrically opposite to the sun at the time of'full moon. When the sun is at his greatest depression below the horizon, being then in Capricorn, the moon...Aries is the rising point of the ecliptic, Cancer ihe highest, and Libra the setting point, the moon rises at her first quarter in Aries, is most elevated... | |
 | Thomas Keith - Astronomy - 1819 - 380 pages
...diametrically opposite to the sun at the time of full moon. When the sun is at his greatest depression below the horizon, being then in Capricorn, the moon...quarter in Libra : and as the beginning of Aries is the risingpoint of the ecliptic, Cancer the highest, and Libra the setting point, the moon rises at her... | |
 | Thomas Keith - 1821 - 408 pages
...diametrically opposite to the sun at the time of full moon. When the sun is at his greatest depression below the horizon, being then in Capricorn, the moon...FIRST QUARTER in Aries: FULL in Cancer; and at her THIKD QUARTER in Libra: and as the beginning of Aries if the rising point of the ecliptic, Cancer the... | |
 | James M'Intire - Globes - 1823 - 232 pages
...the sun is at his greatest depression below the horizon, being then in Capricorn, the moon is then at her first quarter in Aries, full in Cancer, and...Aries is the rising point of the ecliptic, Cancer the most elevated, and Libra the setting point; it follows that the moon rises at her first quarter in... | |
 | Thomas Keith - Globes - 1826 - 360 pages
...diametrically opposite to the sun at the time of full moon. When the sun is at his greatest depression below the horizon, being then in Capricorn, the moon...the highest, and Libra the setting point, the moon rises at her FIRST QUARTER in Aries, is most elevated above the horizon, and FULL in Cancer, and sets... | |
 | James Ryan - Astronomy - 1827 - 408 pages
...diametrically opposite to the sun at the time of full moon. When the sun is at his greatest depression below the horizon, being then in Capricorn, the moon...the highest, and Libra the setting point, the moon rises at her first quarter in Aries, is most elevated above the horizon and full in Cancer, and sets... | |
 | Joseph Guy - Astronomy - 1832 - 412 pages
...diametrically opposite to the sun at the time of full moon. When the sun is at his greatest depression below the horizon, being then in Capricorn, the moon...the highest, and Libra the setting point, the moon rises at her FIRST QUARTER in Aries, is most elevated above the horizon, and FULL in Cancer, and sets... | |
 | Joseph Guy - Astronomy - 1845 - 370 pages
...diametrically opposite to the sun at the time of full moon. When the sun is at his greatest depression below the horizon, being then in Capricorn, the moon...the highest, and Libra the setting point, the moon rises at her FIRST QUARTER in Aries, is most elevated above the horizon, and FULL in Cancer, and sets... | |
 | Thomas Keith - 1848 - 486 pages
...diametrically opposite to the sun at the time of full moon. When the sun is at his greatest depression below the horizon, being then in Capricorn, the moon...the highest, and Libra the setting point, the moon rises at her FIRST QUARTER in Aries, is most elevated above the horizon, and FULL in Cancer, and sets... | |
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