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The moko glyphs continue all through September and counted from Al Jabhah (at 10h) to glyph 568 there are 9 moko glyphs. But a 10th moko follows later in line Cb10.

August 31 September 1 2 (245) 3 4
Cb6-22 Cb6-23 (530) Cb6-24 Cb6-25 Cb6-26
kotia hia te kava tu kiore tu te ika te moko e te hokohuki
Peregrini, η Carinae (162.6), ν Hydrae (163.1) no stars listed Alkes (165.6), Merak (166.2) 11h (167.4)
Dubhe (166.7)
March 2 3 4 (429) 5 6
τ Aquarii (345.7), μ Pegasi (345.9), ι Cephei (346.0), λ Aquarii, γ Piscis Austrini, σ Pegasi (346.5)  Scheat Aquarii (347.0), ρ Pegasi (347.2), δ Piscis Austrini (347.4) Fomalhaut (347.8), Fum al Samakah (348.3) Al Fargh al Mukdim / Purva Bhādrapadā 23h (350.0)
Scheat Pegasi, π Piscis Austrini (349.3), MARKAB PEGASI (349.5) no star listed
September 5 6 7 (250) 8 9
Cb6-27 Cb6-28 Cb6-29 (536) Cb7-1 Cb7-2
kua tupu te kihikihi ku kikiu te henua Te hokohuki te moko
no star listed Al Zubrah / Purva Phalguni Alula (170.5)  Labrum (170.6) λ Crateris (171.6), ε Crateris (171.9), γ Crateris, π Centauri (172.0), κ Crateris (172.5)
 Al Sharas (168.6), Zosma(169.2), COXA (169.4)
March 7 8 9 10 11 (436)
π Cephei (350.6) Simmah (351.7), φ Aquarii (352.0), ψ Aquarii (352.4) χ Aquarii (352.6), γ Tucanae (352.8), ο Cephei (353.3) Kerb (353.6), κ Piscium (354.2), θ Piscium (354.4) υ Pegasi (354.9)
Cb7-3 Cb7-4 (540) Cb7-5 Cb7-6
Cb7-7 Cb7-8 Cb7-9
Cb7-10 Cb7-11 Cb7-12 (548) Cb7-13 Cb7-14
Cb7-15 Cb7-16 Cb7-17 Cb7-18 (554) Cb7-19 Cb7-20 Cb7-21
Cb7-22 Cb7-23 Cb7-24 (560) Cb7-25 Cb7-26 Cb7-27
Cb8-1 Cb8-2 Cb8-3 Cb8-4 Cb8-5 (568)

On side a there are also moko glyphs, 9 of them grouped from December 9 up to and including the last one in February 1. And then there are 3 more earlier in the year, in June:

side a December 9 - February 1 9 12
June 10 - June 28 3
side b August 20 - October 9 9 10
Later 1

Possibly 9 + 3 = 12 on side a refers to a year with 12 months and 9 + 1 = 10 on side b to a year with 10 months.

... Whare-patari, who is credited with introducing the year of twelve months into New Zealand, had a staff with twelve notches on it. He went on a visit to some people called Rua-roa (Long pit) who were famous round about for their extensive knowledge. They inquired of Whare how many months the year had according to his reckoning. He showed them the staff with its twelve notches, one for each month. They replied: 'We are in error since we have but ten months. Are we wrong in lifting our crop of kumara (sweet potato) in the eighth month?' Whare-patari answered: 'You are wrong. Leave them until the tenth month. Know you not that there are two odd feathers in a bird's tail? Likewise there are two odd months in the year.'