ECLIPSES-FESTIVAL DAYS.
MONTHS,
Days. Bro.
Mip.
Sec.
A Lunar sidereal month is.
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+
L
27 7
43
11.5
7J
synodic
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tropical
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+ +
+
+
29 12 44
2-87
anomalistic nodal
Moon's inclination to the Ecliptic.
Excentricity
71
F1
77
+
+
27
48 47
+
+
-
27 13
18 37+4
+
L
+
+
-
P
+
+
27
5
5 36.
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00
■
50 8 47.9
· L
+
0-0548442
+
Distance from the earth in radii
·
-
60-67
YEARS.
Days.
Ha.
Min.
Sec.
The anomalistic year is. -
+ ·
.365
B
13
19-3
A sidereal year is...
+
I - + +
+ +
+
+
.365
6
9
13.7
A common, or tropical year, is..
..S65
5
48
49-7
A lunar year is
.364
g
48
34:44
ECLIPSES IN 1885.
In the year 1885 there will be four Eclipses, two of the Sun, and two of the Moon. I.—March 16th-An Annular Eclipse of the Sun, invisible from Greenwich; the Central Eulipsa begins in long. 1:6 deg. 4 min. W. of Greenwich, and lat. 35 deg. 54 min. N., at 10m. after 4h. p.m., and ends in long. 15 deg. 7 min. W. of Greenwich, and lat. 71 deg. 20 min. N., at 52m, after 6b. p.m.
II.-March 30th.-A Partial Eclipse of the Moon, not visible from London. The Eclipse begins at 59m, after 2h. p.m., the middle of the Eclipse will be at 34m, after 4h, p.m., and the Eclipse will end at 1-m. after 6h. p.m. The Moon will rise at Gb. 30m. p.m. after the Eclipse is over. At the time of the middle of the Eclipse, nearly nine-tenths of the Moon's diameter will be obscured.
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III- September 8th.-A Total Eclipse of the Sun, invisible from England. The Central Eclipsṇ will begin at 57m. after 7h, p.m., in long, 154 deg. 55 min. E. of Greenwich, and lat. 41 deg. 3., and the Central Eclipse will end at 48m. after 9h. p.m., in long. 77 deg. 40 min. W. of Greenwich, and lat. 74 deg. { $.
IV. A Partial Eclipse of the Moon on the morning of September 24th. It will begin at 15m. after 6h. ■.m. (about half an hour after the Moon has set at London). The middle will be at 48m. after 7h. a.m., and it will end at 22m. after 9h. a.m. At the time of the middle of the Eclipse, about three- fourths of the Moon'a diameter will be obscured.
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 bappens on a Sunday, Easter Day is the Sunday following. Advent Sunday is the nearestay 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,
Epiphany
Septuagesima Sunday
Quinquagesima-Shrove Sunday... Feb. 15
Ash Wednesday
1st Sun, in Lent
St. David
St. Patrick
I
Lady Day
• +
Palm Sunday
Good Friday
Easter Sunday
· +
Low Sunday
St. George
Rogation Sunday
14
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■
I
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ETC., ETC.
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Jan.
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Feb. 1
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May 24
May 24
Feb. 18
Trinity Sunday.
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May 31
+
+
+
J
F. 22
Corpus Christi
4
+
•
+
June 4
· ·
P
Mar. 1
+
Mar. 17
Accession of Queen Victoria. .June 20 Proclamation
+
H
++
+
+
June 21
+ +
.Mar. 25
St. John Bapt.
St. John Bapt.-Midsum. Day
..June 24
H
+
Mar. 29
St. Michael
Michaelmas Day
11
Sept. 29
April 3
Birth of Prince of Wales
Nov. 9
+
April 5
1st Sunday in Advent
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+
+ I
April 12
St. Andrew
+
+
P
April 23
St. Thomas
+
+
r
.May 10
Christmas Day
+
Nov. 29
.Nov. 30
.
Dec. 21
..Dec. 25
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