Indian Chronology (Solar, Lunar and Planetary): A Practical Guide to the Interpretation and Verification of Tithis, Nakshatras, Horoscopes and other Indian Time-records, B.C. 1 to A.D. 2000 c17.6

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85. "The Moon has no light of her own, but reflects that received by her from the Sun. Consequently, when in an eclipse the Earth passes between the Moon and the Sun, and cuts off the rays of the Sun from the Moon, the latter can shed no more light on Paris than on Pekin or on Constantinople. An eclipse of the Moon, therefore, commences at all points of the Earth at the same instant and lasts everywhere for the same length of time. All that we need see is whether the time of a lunar eclipse falls between local sunset and sunrise, as otherwise the eclipse will not be visible.