Just how many days' motion the earth may be away from the node and still permit an eclipse is shown in the following brief table of eclipse limits, as they are called: Solar Eclipse Limits If at any new moon the earth is Less than 10 days away from a node, a central eclipse is certain.
"A Text-Book of Astronomy"
George C. Comstock
Lunar Eclipse Limits If at any full moon the earth is Less than 4 days away from a node, a total eclipse is certain.
"A Text-Book of Astronomy"
George C. Comstock
Second: Erect sporangia on a narrow or stalk-like base, begin as node-like swellings on the branches of the plasmodium, and gradually rise to their ultimate form as the surrounding protoplasm flows into them and assumes an upward direction.
"The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio"
A. P. Morgan