Note 441 — SECOND PART. The Astronomy of Dante. (continued 2)

It is easily seen that this is correct, if we divide the 360° of the moon’s path through the zodiac by the 27 days and eight hours in which she traverses it, and returns to the same star. Brunetto Latini says “La lune s’esloigne dou Soleil chascun jor xiii degrez po s’en faut,” but he is wrong, having apparently forgotten that the sun is also moving in the same direction, at the average rate of nearly 1° daily.