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Educational diagram of the Moon orbiting the Earth in an ellipse, with phase insets and a German caption on a blue background

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Movement of the Moon around the Earth, F. E. Wachsmuth (1920). Via artnap.com

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A printed educational diagram showing the Moon's elliptical orbit around a central globe of the Earth, with the Moon depicted in several positions and small circular insets illustrating its phases. Arrows along the left edge and orbit direction markers indicate motion. The German caption at the bottom reads Bewegung des Mondes um die Erde, and the lower corners carry publisher and series credits attributed to F. E. Wachsmuth, Leipzig.