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Evidence suggests the 16 glyphs from number 77 (Ga4-1) could be referring to the end and new beginning of a cycle dictated by Moon:

25 46
Ca1-26 Ca3-22 Ca3-23 Ca3-24 Ca3-25
Ca4-1 (77) Ca4-2 Ca4-3
Ca4-4 Ca4-5 Ca4-6
Ca4-7 Ca4-8 Ca4-9
Ca4-10 Ca4-11 Ca4-12 Ca4-13 Ca4-14 Ca4-15 Ca4-16 (92)

The pair of moko glyphs would then be a pair because Moon has 2 faces. There are 2 'Janus hau tea' glyphs, there are 2 rau hei (excluding the composition in Ca4-4), and there are 2 ihe tau (excluding the composition in Ca4-5).

Beyond these 20 glyphs, which presumably are referring to Moon, there is also a single moko in a position which may represent winter solstice:

end of Old Sun 4 black nights birth of New Sun
Ca4-20 Ca4-21 Ca4-22 Ca4-23 Ca4-24 Ca4-25 (101)

This single moko has Sun signs:

Moon Sun
Ca4-5 Ca4-11 Ca4-23

Not only is there a hint of a male member at bottom but we can also see that his mouth is open, as if in anticipation of spring ahead, the time of vaha mea.

The location of these 3 moko glyphs early on the front side of side a can therefore be explained as due to the back side stretching its influence on to the first 4 glyph lines on side a. We can still think of moko as a sign belonging late in the cycles.