1. They counted four phases in a cycle: new moon, half moon, full moon and half moon. 他们用四个阶段来计算一个周期：新月，半月，满月和半月。
2. The launch of the orbiter marks the first step of China's three-stage moon mission, which will lead to a moon landing and launch of a moon rover at around 2012. 人造卫星的发射指示第一步中国的三阶段月亮使命，将导致月亮流浪者登月和发射在2012年前后。
3. of the moon) after full moon comes the waning moon. （月亮的）满月之后是月亏。
4. "The old moon in the new moon's arms" is nothing but that part of the moon's surface on which it is night, lighted up by earthlight . “新月抱着亏月”只不过是月亮上处于夜晚的那一面被地球光所照亮。
5. M. drew on the ground the figures of the sun, moon, and earth and tried to explain gravitation, ebb-tide, flood-tide, new moon, full moon, eclipse, and so forth. 在地上画了太阳、月亮与地球的轮廓，设法解释引力作用、退潮、涨潮、新月、满月、月蚀等诸如此类的关系。
