the poet compares her mother with a late winter's moon. winters are symbolic of an end of cycle( the end of the year) and here it symbolizes the end of life. just like a late winter's moon lacks warmth, brightness, the poet's mother too lacks strength as she was sleeping motionless in the car, brightness as she is pale and she's old and aging. so the cold, dim moon is symbolizing death.
When the Earth, Sun and Moon are in line an eclipse can occur.
The imaginary line that the moon rotates on is called its axis.
It's the line where part of the moon doesn't light the night. and, if you look, that line serves a purpose of telling what kind of moon night it is without looking at a calendar.
The line that separates the light and dark portions on Earth is called the terminator line. On the Moon, this line is known as the lunar terminator or dusk line. It is where sunlight transitions into darkness as a result of the rotation of the Earth and the Moon.
The idea that the moon is 50 minutes late every day is a common misconception. In reality, the moon rises about 50 minutes later each day because of the Earth's rotation. This delay is due to the moon's orbit around the Earth, not because the moon is actually running late.
Mick Winters has written: 'Full moon'
No. The orbit of the Moon about the Earth does not lie exactly in the plane of the Earth's orbit about the Sun, so most of the time the Moon goes a little "over" or "under" the point at which it would be directly in line with the Sun.
the moon flys away from the earth
When the Earth, Sun and Moon are in line an eclipse can occur.
Twilight
The imaginary line that the moon rotates on is called its axis.
the moon causes tides, which are waves. Please someone further explain how the moon does it.
It would be hard to find a line of symmetry on a moon, as it is likely to be irregularly shaped.
The moon and earth are always exactly in line; any two points define a line. When the earth moon and sun are all exactly in line, that is different. When this happens it is either a solar eclipse or it is a lunar eclipse.
It's the line where part of the moon doesn't light the night. and, if you look, that line serves a purpose of telling what kind of moon night it is without looking at a calendar.
The line that separates the light and dark portions on Earth is called the terminator line. On the Moon, this line is known as the lunar terminator or dusk line. It is where sunlight transitions into darkness as a result of the rotation of the Earth and the Moon.
Technically speaking, the moon is always in line with the sun. You can always connect two points with a straight line.