Dante and the early astronomers . Fig. 8. Second Year, normal. New Moon not far from Pleiadeson the 1st of Nisan. It takes the sun 365 days to return to the same place among the stars, but theBabylonian year of 12 lunar months (each of 29 or 30 days) was 11 dajs short of this :therefore on the 1st of Nisan in this year the sun had still 11 days march before himere he returned to the position of Fig. J . This is equal to about 11, so the youngmoon was also about 11° west of her former position, near the Pleiades. But as shetravels about 13 eastward every day, she would be near the Pleiades on t
Dante and the early astronomers . Fig. 8. Second Year, normal. New Moon not far from Pleiadeson the 1st of Nisan. It takes the sun 365 days to return to the same place among the stars, but theBabylonian year of 12 lunar months (each of 29 or 30 days) was 11 dajs short of this :therefore on the 1st of Nisan in this year the sun had still 11 days march before himere he returned to the position of Fig. J . This is equal to about 11, so the youngmoon was also about 11° west of her former position, near the Pleiades. But as shetravels about 13 eastward every day, she would be near the Pleiades on the followingevening, the 2nd of Nisan, so this year was also counted ^NesternXHorr^on
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