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![[Picture: Plate XLIII.—Astronomy.—Fig. 3.]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/AndrewBell-EnclyclopaediaBritannica/pages/468-astronomy-xliii-fig3/468-astronomy-xliii-fig3-q70-379x200.jpg "[Picture: Plate XLIII.—Astronomy.—Fig. 3.]")
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This diagram shows how (and why) the moon appears to grow and shrink at different times of the month.
I also made a full Sun with pointy rays based on the one on this diagram.
