And it cannot happen at any other time but in the interval between the first day of the new moon and the last of the old, that is, at their junction: how then should an eclipse occur when the Moon is almost diametrically opposite the Sun?"
Na enweghị ike ime n'oge ọ bụla ọzọ mana oge etiti ụbọchị mbụ nke ọnwa ọhụụ na nke ikpeazụ nke ochie, ya bụ, na njikọta ha: kedụ ka ekwesịrị iji eklips ga-eme mgbe ọnwa fọrọ nke nta ka ọ ghara ịdị anyanwụ?