Note 84 — CHAP. XIX. The Calculation of New and Full Moons and Eclipses. The geometrical Construction of Solar and Lunar Eclipses. The examination of antient Eclipses.
Reading edition
When the Moon is North of the Ecliptic and going farther from it, her Latitude or Declination from the Ecliptic is called North Ascending: when she is North of the Ecliptic and going toward it, her Latitude is North Descending: when she is South of the Ecliptic and going farther from it, her Latitude is South Descending: and lastly, when she is South of the Ecliptic and going toward it, her Latitude is South Ascending.