The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1876-01-26
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ASTRONOMY FOR 1876.

ASTRONOMY FOR 1876.
The year 1876 will be leap year.
it's Dominica letters being B A.
The epact is the number Of days
between the last new moon and
the first day Of the new year.
The epact is used to tell Easter
Sunday. This year the epact is 4,
and Easter Sunday falls on April
16, Ash Wednesday being March 1.
There are two eclipses Of the
sun during the ensuing year. The
first is an annular eclipse March rs,
visible only in it's perfect phenom-
enon on the line from Vancouver's
island to the northwestern shore
of Hudson's Bay. Outside that
limit it is visible throughout the
United States as partial eclipse.
A total eclipse of the sun occurs
on the afternoon Of September
II, not visible on any part of the
Am erican continent.
The eclipses of the moon in 1876
are also two. The first occurs
shortly after 10 o'clock on the
night of March 6. 1t will be visi-
bic in every part of the United
States and Canada. The second
eclipse Of the moon will take place
on September 8. 1t will be visible
in this country.
The earth is in perth elton, or
nearest to the sun January 2, and
it's aphelion, or greatest distance
from the sun, July 1. The earth
is again in perihelion December
81.
THE SUN.
The vernal equinox or suns en-.
trance into Aries occurs March
20; the summer solstice, or suns
entrance into Cancer, occurs June
20; the autumnal equinox, or
suns entrance into Libra, occurs
September %; and the winter
solstice, or the suns entrance into
Capricorn occurs December Fl.
THE PLANETS.
Mercury will be at his greatest
elongations from the sun January
%, after sunset, and March 20, be-
fore sunrise. IF the weather is
clear be may be seen as a small
disk like FURNISHED silver for one
or two days after these dates.
Venus will be an evening star
till July IA, and rise before the
sun during the remainder of the
year. She will be at her creates t
briliancy August 20.
Mars will be an evening star
till August IL, and rise before the
sun for the remainder Of the year.
Jupiter will be a morning star
till May II, and an evening star
after that date until December Il.
Hewill be stationary in the head
of Scorpio nearly all the year.
At l o'clock on the morning
of February 28, he will pass so
close to Beta in Scorpio that the
distance between the edge of the
planet and the star will be only
one-ninth of the apparent diametre
Of Jupiter.
Saturn Will be an evening star
till February II, when he will
rise before the sun till August 27 ,
when he will be on the meridian
at midnight, and again an evening
star Gin Aquarius) during the rest
of the year.
Uranus will be on the meridian
at midnight February 6. He will
be in the head of Leo.
Neptune will be on the meridian
at midnight October 26.
OCCUPATIONS.
February 3, from twenty min
utes past nine P. M, to about half
past eleven p. M, the moon being
near her first quarter, will pass
over the Pleiades, occulating in
succession all the prominent mem
bers Of the group except one.
She will again pass through the
Pleiades November 2, from eleven
to twenty minutes past eleven,
occulating three of the six that
are ordinarily visible.
Nv. Y. Graphic.
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