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ECLIPSES-FESTIVAL DAYS.

A Lunar sidereal month is.

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MONTHS.

Moon's inclination to the Ecliptic..

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Excentricity

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Distance from the earth in radii.

The anomalistic year is..

A sidereal year is...

A lunar year is

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A common, or tropical year, is..

YEARS.

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ECLIPSES.

Days. Hra.

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In 1875 there will be two Eclipses, both of the Sun.

April 6th, a Total Eclipse, invisible at Greenwich, begins at 3h. 58m. Greenwich mean time, in long. 35° 14′ E. of Greenwich, and lat. 33° 4′ S., and ends at 9h. 16m. a.m., in long. 134° 19′ E., and lat. 23° 27' N. Visible in South Africa, India and China. At the Cape of Good Hope the sun will rise partially eclipsed, and at the most Northern parts of Australia, simple contact only will take place shortly before sunset.

September 29th. An Annular Eclipse begins at 10h. 2m. Greenwich mean time, in long. 60° 26' W., and lat. 38° 9' Ñ. and ends at 3h. 54m. p.m., in long. 29° 55′ E., and lat. 20° 14′ S. Visible in North America, South of Europe, and Africa. At Greenwich, where a partial Eclipse is visible, it begins at 11h. 25m. a.m.; greatest phase Oh. 7m. p.m., and ends Oh. 47m. p.m. At Liverpool, begins 11h. 19m. a.m., greatest phase Oh. 2n. p.m., and ends Oh. 44m. p.m. At Edinburgh, begins 11h. 23m. a.m., greatest phase at noon, and ends Ob. 36m. p.m. Also at the Cape of Good Hope, a partial Eclipse is visible, beginning at 2h. 59m. p.m., and ending at 4h. 55m. p.m. (Cape time). "Invisible in Australia.

RULES TO KNOW WHEN THE MOVEABLE FEASTS OCCUR. Easter day, on which the rest depend, is always the first Sunday after the first full moon which happens after the 21st day of March. If the full moon happens upon a Sunday, Easter Day is the Sunday after. Advent Sunday is always the nearest Sun- day to the Feast of St. Andrew, whether before or after.

Rogation Sunday is Five weeks after Easter. | Whit Sunday is Seven weeks after Easter. Ascension Day is Forty days* after Easter. Trinity Sunday is Eight weeks after Easter.

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FIXED AND MOVEABLE FESTIVALS, ANNIVERSARIES,

Epiphany..

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ETC.

..Jan. 6 | Ascension Day; Holy Thursday.May 6

Jan. 24 Pentecost-Whit Sunday.

Septuagesima Sunday.. Quinquagesima-Shrove Sunday. Feb. 7 Trinity Sunday.. Ash Wednesday .

May 16 . May 23

May 27

.Feb. 10 Birth of Queen Victoria......... . May 24

Quadragesima—1st Sun. in Lent...Feb. 14 Corpus Christi....... St. David

St. Patrick.

Palm Sunday

Annunciation-Lady Day.

Good Friday.

EASTER SUNDAY.

Low Sunday.

St. George....

Rogation Sunday...

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Mar. 1 Accession of Queen Victoria....June 20 Mar. 17 Proclamation

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Mar. 21 St. John Bapt.-Midsum. Day...June 24 .Mar. 25 St. Michael-Michaelmas Day...Sept. 29

.Mar. 26 Birth of Prince of Wales...

April 4 St. Andrew,

.April 23 St. Thomas..

.Mar. 28 1st Sunday in Advent...

May 2 Christmas Day.

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Nov. 28

.Nov. 30

..Dec. 21

...Dec. 25