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ASTRONOMICAL    CALCULATIONS

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Being (until July 4) tlie 101st Year of the Independence of the United States of America,
 

BY   BEELIN    H.    WRIGHT,
 

ECLIPSES,
 

There will be five Eclipses this year:
L A Total Eclipse of the Moon, Februar)' 27, invisible in North America.
II.  A Partial Eclipse of the Sun, March 14, invisible in America.

III.   A Partial Eclipse of tlie Sun, August 8, invisible in America.

IV.   A Total Eclipse of tlie ^loon, August 23; the Moon rising more or less eclipsed east of Nebraska to
the western boundary of South Carolina and Pennsylvania. In all the Atlantic States the Moon will rise
totally eclipsed.
 

PLACE.
 

End of

Total

Eclipse.
 

Eclipse

E>fDS.
 

PLACE.
 

End of

Total

Eclipse?
 

Eclipse
Ends.
 

Boston..................................
 

H. M.

7 15 ev.
7   7"
7   8"
7 13   '■
7   4"
7   3"
6 48   "
6 44   "

6  27   "

7    1   "
6 53   "
6 59   "
6 51   "
6 49   "
 

n. M.
8 16 ev.
8   8"
8   9"
8 14   "
8   5"
8   4"
7 49   "
7 45   "

7  28  "

8    2"

7  54   "

8    0"
7 52   "
7 50   "
 


 

H. M.
6 44 ev.
6 39   "
6 21   "
6   9'^
6   2"
6   1"
6 21   "
5 17   "
5 59   "
5 58   "
5 45   "
5 38   "
Contact.
 

7 45 ev
 

New Haven............................
 

Cincinnati............................
 

7 40   "
 

Hartford............
 

7 22   "
 

Concord................................
 

Chicac;o......  ........................
 

7 10   "
 

New York.............................
 

Madison.............................
 

7   3"
 

Sprincfield, 111.........................
 

7   2"
 


 

Nasliville.............................
 

7 22   "
 

Buffalo..................................
 


 

7 18   "
 

Detroit..................................
 


 

7   0"
 

Trenton .................................
 

St. Louis...............................
 

6 59   "
 


 


 

6 46   "
 


 


 

6 39   "
 


 


 

Contact.
 

Richmond...............................
 


 


 


 


 

V, A Partial Eclipse of the Sun, September 7, invisible in North America; visible in Brazil and Chile.
 

WINTER Begins
SPRING
SUMMER       "
AUTUMN
WINTER       "
 

T'HE    FOXJIt    SJBA^iSOISrS.
 

D. H. M.

1876................December, 21   5 46 and lasts.....

1877 ................ March,         20   7   4          "           .....

1877...............June,           21   3 10          "           .....

1877................ September, 22   5 40          "           .....

1877................December, 21 1142     Tropical year.
 

D. H. M.
89   1 18.

92  20   6.

93  14 30.
89 13   2.

365   5 56.
 

ZMCODaiiVIlN^O    ^nOJSJ^Et^.
 

Venus..........................___until May 6.

Mars.............................after April 24.

Jupiter..........................imtil March 22.

Saturn............from February 23 to June 10.
 

EiTTBIS^IlVO    iST^ItJS.
 

Venus...............................after May 6.

Mars..............................until April 24.

Jupiter..........................after March 22.

Saturn___until February 28 and after June 10.
 

OHItOr^OIL-OGMC^X..   OY^CJLEiS.
 

Dominical Letter.....................................      G.

Epact (Moon's age, January 1st)......................       15

Lunar Cycle or Golden No............................       16

Solar Cycle...........................................       10

Roman Indiction.....................................         5

Dyonisian Period.....................................     206

Julian Period.........................................    6590

Year 56.37 of the  Jewish  Era, commencing Janu-

arvl6.............................................    1877

Year of the World (Usher)............................    5881

Year of the World (Jews;.............................    5637

Year of the World (Septuagint).......................    7385

Year A. U. C. (Building of Rome)....................    2630

fear of the Olympiads................................    2653

gar of the Era of Nabonassor........................    2624
 

M:0VA.B1L.E    FEST'IV^lL.S,   Etc.
 

Septuagesima Sunday.............................    Jan.  28

Sexagesima Sunday...............................    Feb.    4

Quinquagesima Sunday...........................      "      H

Ash Wednesday..................................      "      14

Quadragesima Sunday............................      "      18

Mid Lent Sunday..................................    Mar. 11

Palm Sunday......................................      "      25

Good Friday......................................      "      30

Easter Sunday...................................    Apr.    1

Low Sunday.......................................      "       8

Rogation Sunday..................................    May    6

A.scension Day....................................      "      10

Whlt-Sunday......................................      "      20

Trinity Sunday...................................      "      27

Corpus Christi....................................      "      31

Advent Sunday...................................    Dec.    2
 

I»IL.^I^E;T'!S    liPfclGrHT'nEST'.
 

.j"RY will be in the best position tor visibility January 7, May 1, August 28, and December 22, settina: then after
-Iso February 23, June 2.3, and October 15, rising then before the Sun; Venus not this year, but will be bright
ember; Mars, Septembers; Jupiter, June 19; Saturn, September 9; Uranus, February 10.