Angle of last point of contact from the northern point of the Sun's limb toward the East; and, in an inverting telescope, from the southern point toward the West. Angle of the last point of contact from the vertex of the Sun's limb toward the East; and, in an inverting telescope, from the lowest point of the Sun's limb toward the West. M. T. of Place at Ending. rises. Phases of the eclipse for particular places. [Note. For those places which are marked with an asterisk, the phases have been computed by a separate computation. The other phases are derived from the tables.] Place. о о m. Albany, N. Y., Frederickton, N. B., *Halifax, N. S. Hartford, (St. Ho.) Ct., Middletown, (W.U.) Ct., Montpelier, Vt. Montreal, L. C., *Nantucket,(S.T.) Mass., *New Bedford, Mass., Newburyport, Mass., *New Haven, (Coll.) Ct., Newport, (C.H.) R. I., *New York, City Hall. Northampton, Mass., *Philadelphia, H. Sc. Obs. 4 59 18.1 4 55.7 Plymouth, (C.H.) Mass., 5 18 47.9 4 51.0 *Portland, Town Hall, Portsmouth,(U.C.)N.H., Princeton, (N.H.) N. J. Providence, (U.H.) R. I., *Quebec, L. C., Salem, (E.I.M.H.) Ms., Springfield, (C.H.) Ms., *Toronto, or York, U. C., Trenton, N. J. Williamstown, Mass., Worcester, (A.H.) Ms., The following table of elements will serve to calculate the eclipse for any place in the United States. 28.9 5 24 59 35.5 27 21.4 4 1 59 42.4 42 3.0 0 34 62 46.9 57 7.0 1 17 58 39.0 44 21.5 4 5 II. Thursday, May 8. A Transit of Mercury, visible in the United States. The times of this transit may be found by the following tables: * Calculated for the United States in Mean Greenwich Time. Transit of Mercury calculated for particular places in Mean Time of place. III. Wednesday, May 21. A total eclipse of the Moon, invisible in the United States. 121o E. 108° W. Angle of the first point of contact from the Moon's N. point, Angle of the last point of contact from the North point, This eclipse will be visible in the Pacific Ocean, Asia, New Holland, Africa, and the East of Europe. IV. Thursday, Oct. 30. An annular eclipse of the Sun, invisible in the United States. Beginning of the eclipse on the Earth, at 4h. 23.5m. A. [Mean Time at Washington,] in latitude 19° 37' South, and longitude 117° 59′ East of Greenwich. Beginning of the annular eclipse at 5h. 47.0m. A. in latitude 43° 54′ S. and longitude 88° 22' East. Central eclipse at Noon, at 7h. 4.8m. A. in latitude 75° 39′ South, and longitude 172° 42' East. End of central eclipse at 7h. 38.8m. A. in latitude 67° 37′ South, and longitude 68° 48' West. End of the eclipse on the Earth at 9h. 2.3m. A. in latitude 45° 17′ South, and longitude 112° 10' West. This eclipse will be visible in the Southern Ocean, Australia, New Zealand, and South Victoria. V. Thursday, Nov. 13. A partial eclipse of the Moon, visible in the United States, as follows: Beg. of Mid. of End of h. m. Ecl. h. m. h. m. Milledgeville, 5 36.97 16.08 55.1 Portsmouth, 18.36 57.4 36.5 Providence, Mobile, Ala. Montpelier, 6 19.67 58.79 37.8 Raleigh, 15.9 55.0 34.1 Richmond, Montreal, L. C. 6 0.4 39.5 18.6 29.68 8.7 47.8 Rochester, N. Y. 5 58.8 37.9 17.0 5 22.97 2.08 41.1 St. Louis, 9.26 48.38 27.4 Nashville, Natchez, 4.66 New Bedford, 6 26.5 8 43.78 22.8 44.9 New Haven, 18.47 57.5 36.6 Tallahassee, 10.98 50.0 5 31.8 6 11.6 50.7 29.8 5 19.46 58.58 37.6 6 2.17 41.29 20.3 23.08 2.1 41.2 The phases of the eclipse for other places may easily be found by means of the following table: The digits eclipsed are 11° 2' on the Moon's North limb. The first contact with the shadow occurs at 51° from the North point of the Moon's limb towards the East; the last contact at 70° towards the West. |