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Brightness of the New Moon

Nature volume 161, page 27 (1948)Cite this article

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I HAVE been unable to find in the literature any data for the brightness of the new moon. This can be calculated in two independent ways.

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    J. A. M. VAN LIEMPT

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VAN LIEMPT, J. Brightness of the New Moon. Nature 161, 27 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161027a0

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