ECLIPSES-FESTIVAL DAYS.
MONTHS.
A Lunar sidereal month is...
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Moon's inclination to the Ecliptic.
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Excentricity
Distance from the earth in radii
The anomalistic year is.
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A sidereal year is..
A common, or tropical year, is..
A lunar year is
Days. Hrs.
Min.
Sec.
27 7
43
11:5
29 12 44
2.87
27 7 43 4.7
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27 13
18 37.4
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5 36.
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0.0548442
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60.67
YEARS.
Days. Hrs.
Min.
Sec.
.365
6
13
49.3
365
6
9
13.7
.365
5
48
49.7
.364
8
48
34.44
ECLIPSES IN 1882.
In the year 1882 there will be two Eclipses of the Sun and none of the Moon, but a Transit of Venus.
I.-May 17th.-A Total Eclipse of the Sun, visible as a Partial Eclipse at Greenwich, begins in long. 14 deg. 35 min. E. and lat. 4 deg. 6 min. N. of Greenwic'; at 4h. 52m. a.m., and ends at 10h. 20m. a.m. in long. 120 deg. 33 min. E. and 19 deg, 1 min. N., visible across Central Africa, North Arabia, Northern India, and Chinese Empire; visible at Greenwich 6h. 10m. to 7h. 23m.
a.m.
II.-November 10th, 11th.-An Annular Eclipse, invisible at Greenwich, begins in long. 141 deg. 15 min. E. and lat. 2 deg. 38 min. N. of Greenwich at Sh. 22m. p.m., and ends in long, 123 deg. 5 min. W. and lat. 17 deg. 6 min. S. at 2b. 22m. a.m. on November 11th.
III. December 6th.-Transit of Venus across the Sun's disc, partly visible at Greenwich, External contact at ingress, lb. 56m.; internal contact at ingress, 2h. 17m.; internal contact at egress. 7h. 52m.; external contact at egress, Sh. 12m.; m--an time at Greenwich.
RULES FOR ASCERTAINING DATES OF MOVEABLE FEASTS. Easter day is the first Sunday after the first Ecclesiastical full moon following the 21st March, or if the moon happens on a Sunday, Easter Day is the Sunday following. Advent Sunday is the nearest Sunday to St. Andrew's Day, whether before or after. Rogation Sunday is Five weeks after Easter Day. Ascension Day is Forty days after. Whit Sunday is Seven weeks after. Trinity Sunday is Eight
weeks after.
FIXED AND MOVEABLE FESTIVALS, ANNIVERSARIES,
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Epiphany Septuagesima Sunday
ETC., ETC.
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Jan. Feb. 5
6 | Ascension Day; Holy Thursday..May 18
Birth of Queen Victoria
Quinquagesima-Shrove Sunday...Feb. 19
Ash Wednesday 1st Sun, in Lent
St. David
St. Patrick
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Annunciation-Lady Day
Palm Sunday
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Good Friday Easter Sunday Low Sunday St. George Rogation Sunday
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Feb. 22
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June 8
.June 20
Pentecost-Whit Sunday
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May 24 May 28
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Trinity Sunday..
.June 4
Feb. 26
Corpus Christi.
.Mar. 1
Mar. 17
.Mar. 25
April 2
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April 9
St. Andrew
April 16
1st Sunday in Advent
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April 23
St. Thomas
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May 14
Christmas Day
Accession of Queen Victoria. Proclamation
St. John Bapt.-Midsum. Day St. Michael-Michaelmas Day Birth of Prince of Wales
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Nov. 9
. June 21
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Sept. 29
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Nov. 30
.Dec. 3
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.Dec. 21
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