Predicting Weather By The Moon - Xavier University Libraries

Contents
THE FORMATION OF THE MOON ................................... 9
HOW LARGE AND FAR IS IT?...........................................................13
THE MOON IN ANCIENT HISTORY ................................19
EARLY MOON WATCHERS ................................................36
PLANTING BY THE MOON .................................................................44
MAORI AND THE MOON....................................................................46
MADNESS, ILL-WINDS, AND THE MOON ..............................................51
THROUGH THE PHASES .....................................................60
NEW MOON ..................................................................................63
WAXING CRESCENT. ........................................................................63
FIRST QUARTER ..............................................................................64
WAXING GIBBOUS. ..........................................................................64
FULL MOON ...................................................................................65
WANING GIBBOUS. ..........................................................................66
LAST QUARTER ..............................................................................67
WANING CRESCENT, ........................................................................68
TIDES AND WHAT PULLS WHAT......................................69
ALL TIDES .....................................................................................70
TIDES SLOW EARTH ROTATION .........................................................73
ATMOSPHERIC TIDES .......................................................................77
WHAT CAUSES EARTHQUAKES? .........................................................90
PERIGEES AND APOGEES ...................................................................93
IN FISHING....................................................................................100
IN PLANTING ................................................................................102
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