It has recently become practical to use the radio emission of the moon and planets as a new source of information about these bodies and their atmospheres.

The result of the observations is Af where the phase angle, Q, is measured in degrees from new moon and the probable errors include absolute as well as relative errors.

The seventh and twentieth, the days of the new and full moon, were ever afterwards held sacred to him.

The gathering of ormers is now restricted to a number of ' ormering tides ', from January 1 to April 30, which occur on the full or new moon and two days following.

* 1789 – William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn: Enceladus.

( This means the new year starts on the second new moon after the winter solstice unless there is an 11th or 12th intercalary month, in which case it starts on the third new moon.

) A calendar using this new year is often referred to as " the Xia Calendar " ( 夏曆 / 夏历 ), following the Shiji which states that under the Xia Dynasty, the year began on the second new moon after the winter solstice.

Tradition holds that, in that era, the year began on the first new moon after the winter solstice.

Although tradition holds that in the Zhou, the year began on the new moon which preceded the winter solstice, the Spring and Autumn Annals seem to indicate that ( in Lu at least ) the Yin calendar ( the calendar used in Shang dynasty, with years beginning on the first new moon after the winter solstice ) was in use until the middle of the 7th century, and that the beginning of the year was shifted back one month around 650 BC.

The year began on the new moon preceding the winter solstice, and intercalary months were inserted at the end of the year.

It followed the same principles as the Sifen calendar, except the year began one month before ( the second new moon before the winter solstice, which now fell in the second month of the year ).

The conjunction of the sun and moon ( the astronomical new moon ) was calculated using the mean motions of both the sun and moon.

The character Hippolyta states " And then the moon, like to a silver bow new bent in Heaven ".

In each solar year ( 1 January to 31 December inclusive ), the lunar month beginning with an ecclesiastical new moon falling in the 29-day period from 8 March to 5 April inclusive is designated as the paschal lunar month for that year.

Also in 2007, ABC unveiled a new, glossier logo and their new imaging campaign, revolving around the slogan ABC: Start Here, which signifies the network's news content and entertainment programming being accessible through not only television, but also the Internet, portable media devices, podcasting, and mobile device-specific content from the network.

To the Māori of New Zealand, the Pleiades are called Matariki and their heliacal rising signifies the beginning of the new year ( around June ).

Thus astrologers believe that the ascendant signifies a person's awakening consciousness, in the same way that the Sun's appearance on the eastern horizon signifies the dawn of a new day.

In common usage, a " whole new ball game " or " brand new ball game " signifies a drastic turn of events, a completely altered situation.

Today, publishing a white paper signifies a clear intention on the part of a government to pass new law.

The literary achievement of the ZGC is also outstanding-it signifies a new era in the development of ancient Chinese literature.

For instance, dropping an icon that represents a text file into a Microsoft Word window signifies " Open this document as a new document in Word "

The theme of the exposition was " Better City – Better Life " and signifies Shanghai's new status in the 21st century as the " next great world city ".

Once spore formation is complete, this signifies a mature mushroom and now is able to spread its spores to start a new generation.

Granada was called Eliberri, Illiberis and Illiber by the Romans ; in Basque, " iri-berri " or " ili-berri ", still signifies " new town ".

Sometimes, losing the mask signifies the end of a gimmick with the wrestler moving on to a new gimmick and mask, often without public acknowledgement of the wrestler's previous persona.

The birth of Jonathan and Mina's son signifies hope and life of the new as the novel heads into the 20th century.

A new voice then advise Simon to take the arrow, as it signifies a debt from the Sitha towards Simon.

An unconfirmed, but helpful, way to determine whether a patient is recovering from chemotherapy-induced thrombocytopenia is to measure " reticulated " platelets, or young RNA-containing platelets, which signifies that the patient is starting to make new platelets.

In recent decades, most of the new borrowings or coinages have been technical or scientific terms ; terms in everyday use are more likely to be derived from existing words ( for example komputilo computer, from komputi compute ), or extending them to cover new meanings ( for example muso mouse, now also signifies a computer input device, as in English ).

The current seal contains the text " Great Seal of the State of Idaho " in the outer ring, with the star that signifies a new light in the galaxy of states.

The new President is in no position to start out his dealings with Moscow by issuing callable bluffs.

Both would start their new fiscal year on July 1.

The Peace Corps, therefore, offers an opportunity to add a new dimension to our approach to the world -- an opportunity for the American people to think anew and start afresh in their participation in world development.

This dinner was the start of a new blatancy in the relationship between the gangs and the politicians, which, prior to 1924, says Pasley, `` had been maintained with more or less stealth '', but which henceforth was marked by these ostentatious gatherings, denounced by a clergyman as `` Belshazzar feasts '', at which `` politicians fraternized cheek by jowl with gangsters, openly, in the big downtown hotels ''.

-- Encouraging by every means, all existing Assemblies of God churches to start new churches.

NBC plans a new series of three long programs exploring America's scientific plans titled `` Threshold '', to start in the fall.

But, at the start, his new life felt invigorating.

The family moved north across the Ohio River to free ( i. e., non-slave ) territory and made a new start in what was then Perry County but is now Spencer County, Indiana.

The X3 committee made other changes, including other new characters ( the brace and vertical line characters ), renaming some control characters ( SOM became start of header ( SOH )) and moving or removing others ( RU was removed ).

At the start of a new industrial age in the 18th century, it was believed that " people are the riches of the nation ", and there was a general faith in an economy that paid its workers low wages because high wages meant workers would work less.

In 1908 he was involved in trying to start a new professional baseball league, the " Union Professional League " which took the field in April but folded one month later.

A wealthy Quaker named Reuben Haines proposed he and educator William Russell start a new school in Pennsylvania.

After Winter and Boyer agreed to start a team in Minneapolis-Saint Paul, the new league had its first four teams.

They had planned to sell this engine to motor manufacturers, but having heard that the Aston Martin car was no longer in production they realised that they could capitalise on the reputation of the Aston Martin name ( what we would now call the brand ) to give themselves a head start in the production of a completely new car.

Henrik and Anne, happy together, run away to start their new life.

Fredrik finally confesses his love for Desiree, acknowledges that Fredrika is his daughter, and the two promise to start a new life together (" Finale ").

Autumn, particularly in most parts of the United States, also has a strong association with the start of a new school year, particularly for children in primary and secondary education.

At the start of 2007, the BWF introduced a new tournament structure for the highest level tournaments aside from those in level one: the BWF Super Series.

Scottish brochs at the start of the new millennium, 11-31 in Turner, Val E, Nicholson, Rebecca A, Dockrill, S J & Bond, Julie M ( eds.

Chaplin was eager to start with the new company, and offered to buy out his contract with First National.

In 1985 the CRMN was dissolved, and Kolingba named a new cabinet with increased civilian participation, signaling the start of a return to civilian rule.

The Yugoslav People's Army retreated from Croatia into Bosnia and Herzegovina where a new cycle of tensions were escalating: the Bosnian War was to start.

The motivation for community colleges was a new way of thinking about education and training in Canada ( more specifically in Ontario ), and was economically based as opposed to the much earlier start in the United States of Junior and Community Colleges which was driven by an integrative social policy.

At the start of the game there are no cities anywhere in the world: the player controls one or two settler units, which can be used to found new cities in appropriate sites ( and those cities may build other settler units, which can go out and found new cities, thus expanding the empire ).