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Record 1 1977-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Moon (Astronomy)
  • Planets
  • Astronomy
OBS

The crescent becomes thicker night after night, until at the "first quarter" the sunrise line runs straight across the disk.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lune (Astronomie)
  • Planètes
  • Astronomie
OBS

Le croissant lunaire tourné par sa convexité vers le Soleil augmente d'un jour à l'autre, et 7 jours environ après la nouvelle Lune prend la forme d'un demi-cercle: c'est la phase du premier quartier. [...] elle montre à la Terre une moitié de son hémisphère sombre et [l'autre moitié] éclairée.

Spanish

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