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ECLIPSES-FESTIVAL DAYS.
A Lunar sidereal month is..
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synodic
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tropical
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MONTHS.
Days. Hrs.
Min.
Sec.
27
7
43
11.5
29 12
44
2.87
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27 7
43 4.7
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27 13
18 37.4
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27
5
5 36'
D
00
50 8 47.9
0.0548442
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60.67
anomalistic nodal
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Moon's inclination to the Ecliptic.
27
11
Excentricity
Distance from the earth in radii.
The anomalistic
year
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A sidereal year is...
A common, or tropical year, is
A lunar year is
YEARS.
Days. Hrs.
Min.
Sec.
.365
6
13
49.3
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6
9
13.7
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5
48
49.7
364
8
48
34.44
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ECLIPSES IN 1886.
In the year 1886 there will be two Eclipses, both of the Sun. I.-March 5th.-An Annular Eclipse of the Sun, invisible from England. The Central Eclipse begins in long. 140 deg. min. E. of Greenwich, and lat. 11 deg. min. S., at 9m, after 8h. p.m., Greenwich Mean Time, and ends in long. 90 deg. 7 min. W. of Greenwich, and lat. 22 deg. min. N., at 2m. after midnight.
II.-August 29th.-A Total Eclipse of the Sun, invisible from England. The Central Eclipse begins at 14m. after 11h. a.m., Greenwich Mean Time, in long. 79 deg. § min. W. of Greenwich, and lat. 9 deg. min. N.; it ends at 38m. after 2h. p.m., in long. 47 deg. E. of Greenwich, and lat. 22 deg. S.
RULES FOR ASCERTAINING DATES OF MOVEABLE FEASTS.
Easter day is the first Sunday after the first Eclesiastical 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.
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Mar. 17
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April 18
FIXED AND MOVEABLE FESTIVALS, ANNIVERSARIES,
Epiphany
Septuagesima Sunday St. David
Quinquagesima—-Shrove Sunday...Mar. 7
Ash Wednesday 1st Sun. in Lent
St. Patrick
Lady Day.
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Palm Sunday
Accession of Queen Victoria. Proclamation
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ETC., ETC.
6 | Rogation Sunday
. May 30
. Feb. 21 Ascension Day; Holy Thursday..June 3
Mar. 1 Pentecost-Whit Sunday
.June 13
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Trinity Sunday..
.June 20
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.June 20
Corpus Christi
June 24
St. John Bapt.--Midsum. Day
-Midsum. Day
..June 24
St. Michael Michaelmas Day
.Sept. 29
Good Friday
St. George
.April 23
Birth of Prince of Wales...
Nov. 9
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.April 23
1st Sunday in Advent
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Nov. 28
Easter Sunday
Low Sunday
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Birth of Queen Victoria
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April 25 | St. Andrew
Nov. 30
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.May 2 St. Thomast
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..May 24 Christmas Day
.Dec. 21
..Dec. 25
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