THE LUKAR PHASES. 



COMMON THINGS. 



THE ALMANAC. 



CHAPTER IV. 



85. Full moon. 86. Last quarter. 87. Moon's age. 88. Rate of motion 

 variable. 89. Causes thereof. 90. "May moon," "March moon," 

 &c. 91. Confusion arising from this form of expression. 92. The 

 epochs of chronology. 93. Anno Mundi. 94. Era of Nabonassar. 

 95. TheHegira. 



85. ON the 15th day after conjunction, the moon having re- 

 ceded from the sun at the rate of 12 per day, will have removed 

 to 180, that is, to the part of the heavens directly opposite to the 

 place of the sun, and will be full as shown in fig. 10. According 



Fi<r. 10. 



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to what has been explained, the full moon, being in this position, 

 will rise about the hour of sunset, will culminate at midnight, and 

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