The evening times., 1900-04-30

In the course of the month Of &ay the
moon will present her phases as follows
She viii be in her first quarter On the 9Th.
full on the 1slh il her last quarter on the
2Ist. and new on the 18th On the Sth sh-
viii be in apOgee and on the 24,h in perigee.
While on the Ist OF the month the sun Is
just little more than 15 degrees north az
the equator. il viii be BY the erd little
more than degree 90 minutes within its
northern limit the summer solstice trav-
ersing during the month an arc OF about
degrees north declinaJioi.
The planet Mercury viii be successive
Il in the consultations Pisces. Aries. and
Taurus in course OF Nav and .lct as a
morning star. although but few VIII be
able TO catch a glimpse Of this planet On
account OF is being 80 near the sun. Venus
will at first be in Taurus. but soon enter
Gemini. Being at a considerable eiouga-
tion from the sun, Venus viii net set be-
fore 0:i5 O'Clock in the evening Even
persons that are not in tbs habit Of gaz-
ing at the stars will have their attention
aroused by that magnificent planet, which
for some time has been the evening star
par excellence. We here remind tn read
er that the expressions evening star and
morning star are EOt confined TO the plan
cts Venus. as the ancient GREEKS did when
they bestowed two names on her-PhOsI ho-
rus as morning star and Hes, srus as even
ilg star Any of the planets nay act N
either capacity. though Venus sePEes %
enjoy the prerogatiye Of being generally
considered both The morning and the even
ing star. During the greater part OF The
month Mars viii be in Pisces. but toward
the end in Aries. IL is morning star,
rising a little before 1 O'Clock. while the
first gIimmer OF the morning twilight -
already visible
Jupiter is fn Sagittarius. almost on the
boundary line that separates that constei-
intion from Sccrpio. This gres& Tslanet
rises about 7:3e O'Clock in the evening.
and so il happens that the two most bril-
liant planets can be seen together for
nearly three hours in the evening. Venus
approaching the western horizon and Ju-
piter rising higher and higher aSove the
eastern two objects OF nearly the same
dazzling brightness Jupiter will remain
in the sky during the whole night and
emit his genial light until il is wrapped up
in the superior refulgsnce OF the advancing
morning twilight Not very far from Ju-
piter. though rising nearly two hours lat
er. we see the bright planet Saturn in the
constellation Sagittarius. within which it
has been lingering for long time IL will
be easily recognized, as there is no other
star close to il with which The planet
could possibly be eonfounded. The pres
ence OF these three planets-Venus, Jupi-
ter, and Saturn-during a not inconsidera-
bic portion Of the evening VIII irnpart TO
the evening skies a peculiarly attractive
appearance
On the 2Sth Of. the month a phenomenon
VIII take place than which nature pre-
sents none more beautiful total eclipse
of the sun. though in our latitude, down
to the southern portion of the State of
Virginia, IL will only be partial eclipse.
The subject of solar eclipse is int-insic-
ally an interesting one and rendered still
more so by its occurring within the month
and at comparatively short distance from
here
Observations made during totsl solar