Delaware gazette and state journal., 1884-06-05
UR1NOLOGY.FOR JUNE.

On June Goth the Sun enters the sign Of |
Cancer, and summer begins. On the closing |
day of June the Sun will be at its greatest |
distance from the earth. Although it may be
hard TO realize it, we shall be about two mil
lion miles farther from the Sun on that day
than we were on the 1st OF January.
The phases of the moon for June are as
follows, reduced to 10Th meridian time Full
moon, June sth, 2.49 p. M; last quarter,
June 10th, 934 a M; new Moon, June 2Sd,
0.33 a. m; first quarter, June 3Oth, LA p.
m. There will be no remarkable occultations
OF liked stars by the Moon during the month.
Mercury is now morning planet, speeding
on his way to western elongation which he
reaches on the morning of June 18th. He
will then rise little more than an hour and
a-half before the sun and may be seen
twinkling in the east by early risers, but his
position will not be very favorable. Mercury
will bo in conjunction with the Moon on the
2lst and with Saturn on the Goth, both con-
functions being invisible, With regard to the
latter this is to be deplored, as the planets
will pass within one minute OF each other
aud would, if viewed by the naked eye, ap-
pear as one star at the time OF their nearest
approach.
Venus, the queen Of the evening, will be at
her greatest brillisncy on the evening OF
June Sd. Her figure now is crescentic, look
ing when viewed through the telescope OF the
shape of the Moon when three or four days
old. As she draws nearer the Sun the cres-
cent grows longer and more slender until, II
junction with that luminary, we should see
it dwindling 10 mere line Of light and
finally disappearing altogether, until
the dark surface Of the planet is entirely
turned towards us as we Paw it at the last in
ferior conjunction-at the transit OF Decem-
Der 9Th, 1882. Venus will reach inferior con-
junction on July 18th, having then completed
one apparent revolution in her orbit as viewed
from the earth counting from the date OF
her memorable transit across the sun After
passing conjunction she becomes morning
star and will reach her greatest brilliancy in
this role on August 18th.
ON the evening OF Juno oath Venus will be in
conjunction with the new Moon. This CON
| junction will occur at 81 p. M, and
although not close one, the planet and
moon being over A apart, would be worth
observing as farewell glance at Venus il
the role Of evening star and for the sake oil
seeing the Moon 80 early in her next luna
ton 1t will require superb weather ant
| good sight, however. The Moon will thet
| be q hours old, and, although she has beer
| seen much earlier in her career yet tht
casual observer rarely spies her until later.
| Even the casual observer must have
| noticed however, during the clear evening"
| Of the past month that Venus and Jupitel
seem to be approaching each other and hav'
| speculated AZ to how near they will CONT
| together They will not approach much
nearer than they now are their closest ap
proach being on June 18th, when they vii
be separated by about s.. From that TIM
| on Venus will appear to turn in her path ant
recede from her big neghbor.
Many persons may also have remarked tina
Mars has been drawing quite close Il
Regulus, the brightest star in the Lion. Th
| blhI anu plaLlcL NHl bc oh hASh A+SotNoN eAA
evening, tritle less than one degree apart
After passing kegulus Mars will continue hi
course across the Lion in 30 nearly tn
direction OF the distant planet Uranus that, oil
July 18th, he will pass the latter at only
minutes distance. II is barely possible for
person Of very keen sight to see Uranus ii
the absence Of the moon, when tn
constellation is nearly overhead but, at th
conjunction with Mars, it will be hopeless t.
look for Uranus except through telescope
'nder low power in good telescope bot
planets will be visible in the same field, Will
the prominent star Beta Virgins will be clos
on the outside OF the field the two planet
and star forming triangle with the star i
the apex,
OF Jupiter and Saturn there is nothin
special to say during June. The latter is loa
to us in the light Of the Sun.
Neptune will be in close conjunction wit
the waning Moon on the morning OF the 10th
and it is possible that the spectacle may b
visible in the telescope. The planet will b
not much more than half degree from tn
Moons limb.