Aristarchus of Samos Quote

When the moon appears to us halved, the great circle parallel to the circle which divides the dark and the bright portions in the moon is then in the direction of our eye; that is to say, the great circle parallel to the dividing circle and our eye are in one plane.

Proposition 5

On the Sizes and Distances of the Sun and the Moon (c. 250 BC)


When the moon appears to us halved, the great circle parallel to the circle which divides the dark and the bright portions in the moon is then in the ...

When the moon appears to us halved, the great circle parallel to the circle which divides the dark and the bright portions in the moon is then in the ...

When the moon appears to us halved, the great circle parallel to the circle which divides the dark and the bright portions in the moon is then in the ...

When the moon appears to us halved, the great circle parallel to the circle which divides the dark and the bright portions in the moon is then in the ...