The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-11
LUNAR ECLIPSE DUE
when the Moon Rises Tonight Her
Light Will Be Obscured by the
Earth's Shadow.
The Phenomenon Observable Here
|. April's Heavens Resplendent
With Stellar Brightness.

A partial eclipse of the moon visible II
Minneapolis will take place early thls
evening. According to an artlcle IN lile
Scientific American by Henry MOTIFS fs- fsus- -
sell, Phi. D., of Cambridge unlVerslty' sa7 ,-a'
earlier phases Of this eclipse occur pc
fore the moon has risen. The moon enters
the shadow at 6:34 p. m. central stanuaru
| time and as seen from washington, rises
| eclipsed The middle of the eclipse IS ), at
S:13 D. M, by which time she IS visible
! as far west as Pittsburg. By the sliilie l's
! she leaves the shadow, at 9:52, she cah
4 he seen from points as far west as Den
| Yer: and when She leaves the penumpra,
| at il. she is visible throughout the coun-
| try The eclipse is very nearly total. as
at the greatest phase all but one-1ortleIn e, q 4
4 in her diameter is Immersed III eie S
/ earth's S shadow. - . -, Z
j 5th. and will be farthest away on the 18TH,
! and nearest again on the 3Oth. she WIS cG
! in conjunction with Neptune on Tue ou'
I with Mars yesterday and will be IN con
4 junction with Uranus on the lotn, oat-
! urn on the .2Oth Jupiter on the 23d, Mer- l
Il c,,rv IN the 28th, and Venus on the 29th
i Tn relation to stellar movements Mr
Russell says: .;o,, :.
II many bright. stars can be seen IN our 'L i1tl'
tude as at present.
"At 9 o. m. on the 18th Orion is Amos
| 6lla west. .InOuRHf NGIy ~" fSAOVA-'
!, brightest star Rigel has already SET
Il though the ruddy Betelgeuse still mare
r above. :,
.Aldebaran and the Pleiades shine o. o
! the right, while Sirius is on the lel.
!, Procyon is above the latter, rather n1ol
3 to the southwark, and Castor anu TowAu w
q are above Orion, higher still . q
"Capella lies in the Milky Way IN Tn
northwest. Regulus, with the attendan
stars of the Lion, is almost due sou.l
:, with HYDRA, below him and Ursa Ma3c
= above. Spica lies well down In the sour t
It asst. but is less conspicuous thah AlCto 1
n rus, which is higher up anu .an st,s ~
IL nort, Mars. which is about half way pe
If tween Reeulus and Spica, surpasses the1
both in brightness. coro,
To- "Northeast Of Arcturus, beyond Coro1
l. Rorealis and Hercules, Vega is once mo-
y. visible, few degrees above the hoIlZo ~
III Mercury Is morning star at present. ~
IT tomorrow he passes behnd the sun a.
l. becomes an evening star. Al the emu
u the month he will be well placed 1or O o
Il seryation, near the Pleiades, setting alt AT
c-l 3 n. M, and should be easily seen.
sVenus is evening star in Ar1as a.
hit Taurus, and is very conspicuous, reAn1.
he ing in sight till after 9 o'clock. she Is
he creasing in brightness, ana WIN con..a
VS. - dominate the evening sky all SUNNI
he "Mars is also very conspicuous, pei
lly in Virgo. lust past opposition, visible
he night. and by reason OF MS coior q
he hrightnessI the most notable object IN
tn midnight sky. ks & .r;
let Jupiter is morning star in Aquarl
ed rising at $3.50 a.. m. on the l5th: oatuiE :,
he morning star in sagittarius. rising ra1l
more than an hour before Jupiter. ne
se- in quadrature on the Soth. or
he uranus is in Ophluchus' anu ooE
Or m the meridian at p. m. on the 10
the Neptune is in Gemini and sets about m
co night -; -. :.