Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-06-01
THE SKIES IN JUNE.
PECULIAR ILLUMINATION OF THE
HEAVENS BEFORE SUNRISE.
Vhs Positions of tho Plansts-Diaerent
KiaA 81 acknowledgements Of
- enc winter Consultations.
CBalumore san.)

The . )on will present It's phases at the
foliowiAs times: New on the ID, first
quarss- on the i0,h. fun the nth, and last
suartst the ssth. AZ the 4th II viii be 10
,ersse, and on the 10Th in apogee. Venus
-a.ing y little before o'clock In the
ssrumt. ard being. therefore. in the t"i-
fxht 4 the sun, and Mars, rising De-
,ese~a ,aidnsght and o'clock. are MORN
"A s,,rs. Jupiter. whose time OF rising
. ahe,t 40 A. NJ, may be seen lh 'Ne
asrns, e twilight Mercury and saturn
are ., en!ng stars. As TO the pee"i'"'
nlurnl alton OF the sky before soh.''e
IA sster sunset. which appropriately h"s
~ called twilight, let u be remsrNeu
49,. that n begins before the ris'ng VI
ses am. when the latter IL ID degrees
ts~ ,be HORIZON, and ends after sunset
-, me .ua ia many degrees belo" IT,
Al 49, time the twilight Is shortest ~ .e
s.,uEer. and then at the time "h'n Wy
-, !. Al the eauinoxeS-that Is on 0n'
-, \, lasts then 1 hour and IL MIN
-. A, the poles twilight lasts for seVe-
-, !. ,.,hs thus diminishing the darkness
- re long winter months.
=, Latitude the shortest gu
%, ~ twilight IL about an hOu'
- a half Twilight " produced by une
,ss.ttion OF the sunlight from ue IA
- clouds. which are stu hIu",''. ~
.fssf the sun has sunk belo" ue yWaro
as or before It rises apONe ia al
-. 10 atmosphere darkness Woula AZ
- .,eceed the setting Of the sun
-. ,,o,,d preyail until the very "'-
sas,t Of sunrise.
THE CONSULTATIONS
~. plarst Venus u In the cons,ella,,J"
- p,ses, the last Of the tweiNe con -,.'.
i.ts.ns ~ the zodiac. Mars " ~ nf' IN.
snf Jupiter ~ stili IN lsul u.'
e.tgr, h embellishlng the co hsl.,la =,
go, Uefore we give a Description %
:. .a,cc, which the June skies VIII pre-
=, n NAV be permitted 10 US TO MAKE
.. concluding remarks on the subject OF
- hc,pp and continued In our iasl Two
.-flcles We have mentoned IN"
=, "A the different kinds Of the daS an'
= y, veos which the astronomer uiS''H
., shes and now n remains 70 say soIl''
-, .bo,,t The month and week. 1ne
,,.,o1 called month depends altogether
on the motion Of the moon about the
! TN The longest Of the diherent hihuS
IL month II the lunar or synodic mon'n'
. Iuuo length u fqual 10 @s's A-''
a n A. ,hs time elapsing between Two
,Ipasrutiye fun or new moons, ana con-
s.ouentiy designates the period aiter
,sbirb the moon assumes the same posi-
1 on relatively 20 the earth and sun. Inc
sToplcnI month denotes the time or the
evolution ~ the moon with reference
81 the equinOxes. which, as mentioned re-
r4stediy before. have n retrograde motion.
Il he tropical month extends over a space
Pa N i3m b. The sidereai month ~
me interval between two successive con-
pinctinns OF the moon with the same
sXed 1tar. ard 4 about n. longer than the
trupicaI month. BESIDES these three the
faadef may sometimes notice two more
'ue anomaiistic and the nodlcal months,
tHc former being the interval between
Two consecutive returns OF the moon 10
80 periRee or is apoEee. the latter mark
siE the time In which II makes a revolu-
ION with reference 60 the points Of inter
lection Of ~ orbit with the ccliptic. which
are called nodes The calendar month Is
simply an artiicial division OF the year
llto twelve periods The week has no.
ming whatever 90 do with the movements
~ the heavenly bodies Their names were
SERVED ~ the ancients from the sun,
noon. Mars. Mercury. Jupiter. Venus,
tnd saturn the only members OF the solar
,gstcm then known.