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ECLIPSES-FESTIVAL DAYS.

MONTHS.

Days. Hrs.

Min.

Sec.

A Lunar sidereal month is..

synodic

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tropical

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anomalistic nodal

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27 7

43

11.5

29 12

44

2.87

27

7

43 4.7

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27 13

18 37-4

27 5

5 36'

Moon's inclination to the Ecliptic.

00

50 8 47.9

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"

Excentricity

0.0548442

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Distance from the earth in radii.

60.67

""

YEARS.

Days. Hrs.

Min.

Sec.

The anomalistic year is.

.365

6

13

49.3

A sidereal year is...

.365

6

9

13.7

A common, or tropical year, is.

..$65

5

48

49.7

A lunar year is

..364

8

48

34.44

ECLIPSES IN 1879.

a.m.

In the year 1879 there will be two Eclipses of the Sun and one of the Moon. January 22nd.-An Annular Eclipse of the Sun, invisible at Greenwich, begins at 9h. Om. Greenwich mean time in long. 51 deg. 3 min. W. and at 24 deg. 0 min. S., and ends at 2h. 46 min. p.m.; in long. 47 deg. 18 min. E. and lat. 11 deg. 20 min. N. the central eclipse begins at 10h. 3m. a.m. in long. 68 deg. 29 min. W. and lat. 27 deg. 32 min. S., and ends at 1h. 43m. p.m. in long. 64 deg. 30 min. E. and lat. 7 deg. 45 min. N. At the Cape of Good Hope a Partial Eclipse is visible, magnitude (sun's diameter 1) 0.736, begins 11h. 46m. a.m. local mean time, the greatest phase 1h. 20m. p.in., and ends 2h. 45m. p.m. Invisible in Australia.

July 19th.-An Annular Eclipse of the Sun, invisible at Greenwich, begins at 6h. 11m. a.m. Greenwich mean time in long. 5 deg. 13 min. W. and lat. 10 deg. 32 min. N., and ends at 11h. 58m. a.m. in long. 83 deg. 50 min. E. and lat. 20 deg. 31 min. S.; the central eclipse begins at 7h. 13m. a.m. in long. 19 deg. 46 min. W. and lat. 7 deg. 44 min. N., and ends at 10h. 55m. a.m. in long. 98 deg. 16 min. E. and lat. 23 deg. 18 min. S. Invisible in Australia.

December 28th.-A Partial Eclipse of the Moon, partly visible at Greenwich-about one- sixth of the Moon's diameter will be obscured at the middle of the eclipse-begins at 3h. 37m. p.m. Greenwich mean time and ends at 5h. 15m. p.m. At Greenwich the Moon will rise at 3h. 46m. p.m.

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,

Epiphany

Septuagesima Sunday

ETC., .Jan. 6

ETC.

Feb. 9

Quinquagesima-Shrove Sunday...Feb. 23

Ash Wednesday

St. David.

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1st Sun, in Lent

St. Patrick

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Annunciation-Lady Day

Palm Sunday

Good Friday.

EASTER SUNDAY

Low Sunday

St. George

Rogation Sunday

.Feb. 26

Ascension Day; Holy Thursday..May 22

Pentecost-Whit Sunday

Birth of Queen Victoria

Trinity Sunday.

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Mar. 1

Corpus Christi

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Mar. 2

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Mar. 17

.May 24

.June 1

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.June 8

.June 12

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..June 20

..June 21

..June 24

..Sept. 29

.Nov. 9

.Nov. 30

.Nov. 30

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..Dec. 21

Mar. 25

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Accession of Queen Victoria. Proclamation

St. John Bapt.-Midsum. Day St. Michael-Michaelmas Day Birth of Prince of Wales

. April 6 April 11 .April 13

St. Andrew

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April 20

1st Sunday in Advent

April 23 .May 18

St. Thomas

Christmas Day

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.Dec. 25