Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-06-03

The Movements ofthe Heavenly Bod
les During the Month.

The Movements ofthe Heavenly Bod
les During the Month.
Mars is evening star. He wins the first
place in the June planetary list, because
his course Is diversified with more Incl
dents than that of any other member of
the suns family. He is in quadrature,
on the SUMS eastern side, on the 10th, eX-
actly at midnight, being the leader of the
three planets that reach the same goal
during the month. He is in conjunction
with Beta Virgins on the 22d at o'clock
in the evening, and therefore Invisible. A
more interesting conjunction occurs on
the 18Th at . O'Clock in the morning, for
at that time Mars and Jupiter are IN con-
junction, and on the evening OF the 28th
Jupiter will be found shining brightly on
the west OF Mars. instead of on the east,
where he has been seen tor many months.
Jupiter is evening star. He is but eight
days behind Mars in reaching quadrature,
which gives proof Of the nearness of the
celestial brothers. He arrives at quadra-
ture, on the sums eastern side, on the
18th. at O'Clock in the morning.
The most noticeable event OF the month
is the approach of Jupiter and Mars,
which was announced in the MORNING
News yesterday.
Uranus is evening star. He, like Mars
and Jupiter, takes his turn in reaching
quadrature. This epoch in his course
takes place on the 25th, at O'Clock in the
morning. 1t is something unusual for
three planets to be in the quadrature on
the same side OF the sun, so nearly at the
same time, and it shows how close they
are to each other. On the last day of the
month Jupiter makes mis- transit al twenty
minutes after O'Clock in the evening;
Mars follows three minutes later, and
Uranus takes his turn seventeen minutes
later than Mars. On the same evening
Mars and Jupiter set within two minutes
of each other, and Uranus follows eleven
minutes later.
Saturn is evening star, and he is so
near the sun his period Of visibility will
end about the middle of the month. His
absence from the evening sky will be.
greatly mourned, for he has been one of
it's shining adornments since January.
lie will be visible again as morning star
in September. For many years to come,
when he reappears as evening star, a
noticeable change will take place in his
aspect. His light will grow dim, his size
will diminish, and fifteen years hence we
shall scarcely recognize in the murky,
llI-omened star the superb planet which,
Tor the last four years, has shown with
beaming luster in our sky. Nearly thirty
years must pass before this wonder OF the
system will he again in peribelion, in his
highest northern defamation, and display
his rings open to the widest extent.
Mercury is morning star until the 18th,
when he joins TIE evening stars. On the
llth, at 10 O'Clock in the evening, he is in
superior conjunction with the sun. and
passes to his eastern side to run his swift
race as evening star. On the Goth, mOv-
ing eastward from the sun, be meets Sa-
turn approaching the sun. The coDjunc-
tion takes place at o'clock in the morn
ing.
Venus is morning star. She is travel
ing now from western elOngation to supe-
riOr conjunction, which she will reach in
December. Her distance from the earth
is rapidly increasing. For this reason her
diameter is decreasing, though more of
her lllumined disc is turned towards US.
She Is moving rapidly north, which will
increase her stay above the horizon and
bring her into more favorable position for
observers who rise before the sun. On
the LIST she rises nearly two hours before
the sun, about , O'Clock, and will be found
in the northeast soon after that hour
The moon fulls on the 10Th. AS seen on
our belt of the earth's territory. each of
these planets is in close conjunction with
the moon, Jupiter especially being but
min. north of the moon, but not one of
these eOnjunctiOns will be visible at the
time il occurs.
The month Of June is honored with one
of the most important epochs of the year.
On the Dist, at O'Clock in the morning,
the sun reaches his extreme point OF
northern defamation, and inaugurates the
summer sOstice. On that day, in our
latitude, the great central orb pours
his most intense rays uDon the earth. his
course sweeps over the broad cOncave of
the heavens with the greatest meridian
altitude, and his departing light fingers
longest above the horizon. Beautiful is
our belt OF earth under the spell OF the
summer sun; blessed are the solar influ-
ences that make 1t like the garden OF
Eden; peaceful is the serenity of the soft
summer days. Well may we make the
sun the symbol of almighty power, and
reverently turn our heads, like tbe sun
worshippers OF the Olden time, to the east
to welcome his rising beams.