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Not only the glyphs Aa4-79 and Aa4-81:

make us think about the moon in what I believe is the middle part of a solar calendar. The triplet Aa4-62, Aa4-80 and Aa4-82:

maybe alludes to the triplet of sunlit moon phases:

H
P
  waxing waning full

Notice the black eye in waxing moon and white eye in waning moon as depicted in H. The same idea, presumably, as the waxing and waning sun in Aa4-58 and Aa4-60

Waning moon has passed the full moon phase and therefore also the hua phase. In the waxing phase moon is growing and has therefore not reached full stature - she is lean in contrast to waning moon who looks as if pregnant with the swallowed 'fruit'.

The number of spines (according to H) are 7 respective 6 and the number of marks (according to A) are 5 and 6. The solar number 6 characterizes waning, whereas waxing has an odd number.

The meaning of the odd numbers (7, 5 and 1 - in the black eye) probably is that the end will be reached without completing a full cycle.

There is another triplet to consider, the triplet of 'waning' henua with Aa5-4 as the 2nd member:

Aa4-79 Aa4-80 Aa4-81 Aa4-82 Aa5-1 Aa5-2 Aa5-3
Aa5-4 Aa5-5 Aa5-6 Aa5-7
Ab7-24 Ab7-25 Ab7-26

The other two members of this triplet are Aa4-42 and Aa5-36. A continuation of theme beginning earlier than the glyphs below is therefore reasonable to assume:

Aa4-55 Aa4-56 Aa4-57 Aa4-58
Aa4-59 Aa4-60 Aa4-61 Aa4-62

And Aa4-41--54 indeed exhibits in Aa4-47 a glyph which is similar to Aa4-55:

Aa4-41 Aa4-42 Aa4-43 Aa4-44 Aa4-45 Aa4-46 Aa4-47
Aa4-48 Aa4-49 Aa4-50 Aa4-51 Aa4-52 Aa4-53 Aa4-54

A tired old bird (Aa4-44 and Aa4-52) also may connect these glyphs to the following by way of Aa4-57. Furthermor, the triplet of hau tea (Aa4-43, Aa4-46 and Aa4-54) and the tired old bird connect to the identical 4th members Aa4-70 respectively Aa4-65:

Aa4-63 Aa4-64 Aa4-65 Aa4-66 Aa4-67
Aa4-68 Aa4-69 Aa4-70 Aa4-71 Aa4-72

And we have earlier identified this similarity:

We should read these glyphs as 3 + 1, not as 4. That we find affirmed also here in Tahua by the closeness between Aa4-43, Aa4-46 and Aa4-54 contrasted with the far away Aa4-70. In H/P/Q the structure 3 + 1 was illustrated by special signs on the 4th member:

     

Even the ihe tau (in Aa4-48, Aa4-51, Aa4-66 and Aa4-75) exhibits the pattern 3 + 1:

- Fat, open at bottom left, a hint of a spur at bottom right. 1 6
Aa1-12
1   5
Aa1-49 Aa1-50 Aa1-51 Aa3-74 Aa4-3
3 Red labels for marked glyphs. 4 10
Aa4-48 Aa4-51 Aa4-66 Aa4-75
2 6
Aa5-46 Aa5-54 Aa5-57 Aa5-64 Aa5-83 Aa6-41
3 Aa4-75 and Ab2-7 belong to this group. 6 10
Aa7-19 Aa7-26 Aa7-36 Aa7-48
- A variant in between 3 and 5.
Aa7-57 Aa7-68
- 10 + 10 + 6 = 26 = 15 + 11 4
Aa7-72 Aa7-81 Aa8-23 Ab1-10

To find the 3rd member (Aa5-36) of the triplet of 'waning' henua we have to go far forward beyond viri in Aa5-7:

Aa5-4 Aa5-5 Aa5-6 Aa5-7
The word viri means to turn around, twist, or corner of a sail where tacks and sheets are made fast (clew).

The little hanging 'ball' in Aa5-6 has a white 'eye' and therefore should be regarded as a sign of the waning sun.

Aa5-8 Aa5-9 Aa5-10 Aa5-11 Aa5-12 Aa5-13

In Aa5-8 the mark of 2 at the top presumably also indicates the 2nd season of the sun.

Aa5-14 Aa5-15 Aa5-16 Aa5-17 Aa5-18

In Aa5-18 hakaturu indicates the turnaround from waxing to waning.

Aa5-19 Aa5-20 Aa5-21 Aa5-22 Aa5-23 Aa5-24 Aa5-25

The elbow ornament in Aa5-21 resembles the one in Aa5-6.

Aa5-26 Aa5-27 Aa5-28 Aa5-29 Aa5-30 Aa5-31

In Aa5-30 there is a sign which is composed of 'giving hand' + 'outstretched foot', which probably should be read together.

Aa5-32 Aa5-33 Aa5-34 Aa5-35
Aa5-36 Aa5-37 Aa5-38 Aa5-39 Aa5-40 Aa5-41 Aa5-42
Aa5-43 Aa5-44 Aa5-45 Aa5-46 Aa5-47 Aa5-48 Aa5-49

Somewhere beyond Aa5-36 another season begins, that we can see in e.g. Aa5-46. Probably a kind of X-area is needed for such a major change, at least that is suggested by niu (GD18) in Aa5-40.