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. of the moon) after full moon comes the waning moon. （月亮的）满月之后是月亏。
3. "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。
4. 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。
5. In other words, on the night of first quarter moon, we see half the moon's day side, or a true quarter of the moon. 换句话说，在上弦月上的夜晚，我们看见月的那一半白昼，或者准确的说上弦月。
