El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-24
Two Eclipses in July, One
Solar and the Other
Lunar.

nIERE viii be an interesting partial
eclipse or the moon on the night
Of July 1915. about so Percent OF
the moons surface being covered by
the earth's shadow In that Of January
goth Of this year only Il percent OF
the moons surface was covered
In Fl Paso and vicinity the moon
will enter the shadow at SIG p. N.
and will leave it at 11:12. East OF
FL Paso it viii be an hour earlier
The beginning viii be visible gen
orally in Africa. southwestern Europe,
the Atlantic ocean. North America. ex-
eept the more western portions, South
America, and the south Pacific ocean;
the ending will be visible generally in
the Atlantic ocean, North and South
America, and the south Pacific ocean.
An eclipse Of the moon can only oc-
cur al full moon. or at opposition"
IL is termed. that is, when the moon in
its orbit about the earth is on the Op-
posite side of the earth TO the sun. all
three bodies being in line-the moon.
the earth and the suu-the moon Dass-
ing through the earths shadow. As
the earth's shadow at the point through
winch the moon passes is nearly three
times the diameter Of the moon. il Will
be seen a total eclipse may occur when
these bodies are not in exact aIiEu-
menL The length of the earth's shad-
ow is approximately S57. 600 miles and
that OF the moon $4,000 miles
sun in Eclipse. Too.
The eclipse Of the sun will occur on
July %. and viii be what is termed
annular--that is, the position Of the
moon and sun at the time OF the
eclipse viii be in such relation to the
earth, the sun being at its nearest
point and the moon at its most dis
Iant- that the moon Will not cover the
sun disc narrow rim OF sunlight
showing entirely around the noon
when these relative conditions are re-
yersed we can have a total eclipse.
This eclipse viii not be visible in
the United States. and will only be
visible in Australia, Tasmania, New
zealand and adjacent waters. The cen
lral path OF the eclipse begins in the
indian ocean and passes over the
souLnern portion Of Australia near
Adelaide. Melbourne and Hobart
Eclipses OF the sun occur at the new
moon stage, when the moon passes be-
tween the sun and the earth It COM
monty passes above or below the d.
Iecl line between these bodies, but on
rare occasions il passes directly be-
tween and there is an eclipse Of the
sun either total. annalur. or partial
Inc average breadth of the path Of a
total solar eclipse as il sweeps across
the earth is about 80 miles
Solar and lunar eclipses recur. and
ar q nearly similar character. every IS
years. II Is days. a period known TO
the Cn2ideans as remote as B. c zoo
and termed the SarOs: future eclfpses
may be predicted by it.
The sun IS about 400 times broader
tnan the moon, but as il is about 400
tunes Iartner away. they both appear
nearly the same size in the heavens.
The Planets for July.
Mercury win be in the morning sky
the 1lrst Of the month, rising about an
nour before the sun II is moving east
ward and the last OF the month viii be
east OF the sun in the evening sky,
DuL too close to the sun to be visible.
Venus viii pass from the east 10 the
west Of the sun on July 3, becoming a
morning star. but VIII be too close to
the sun 10 be visible until the latter
part Of the month. when IL viii rise
about an hour before the sun Its mo-
lon is rOgrade-westWard during
the month, and on August 1 il VIII
again resume its eastward journey.
Mars Will be In the westward even
ng sky throughout July. but is too
Instant to be well seen except in large
telescopes. It moves from Leo into
Virgo during the month.
Jupiter rises at 1 a m. on the 1st and
u II p m on the S1st and is finely
placed for observation in Aries
Saturn viii be lost in the suns rays
Turing July, as will Neptune.
Uranus is nearing opposition and
viii be wei placed for observat ton
Turing the month in the eastern para
u Capricornus-
Piapetary COnfisuratiOa for JuIy.
Greenwich mean time Subtract 3
lours for eastern stsudard time, Wash
ngton and New YORK; 6 hours central
tandard time, Chicago; hours Rocky
Mountain time, Denver; s hours Pacific
ime, san Francisco).
July ], lz-2S a m.-Saturn and moon
n conjunction Saturn south 1 degree I
minutes.
July >, sos a. m.-Neptune and moon
n conjunction. Neptune north 9 min
ties
July ?. Il p. m.-Earth in aphelion-
most remote point from the sun
July 2, p. MENUS at inferior /.
injunction with sun
July 6. S-41 a m.-Mars and moon IN !
ninutes
July Il. 1 p. m.-saturn IN conjunc-
ion with sun.
July 13, p. m.-Mercury and Venus
n conjunction. Mercury north de-
srees I minute.
July 14-PartiaI eclipse Of moon Wis .
bic at Washington.
July IS. Il m.-Mercury in ascending
July 16, 4:54 D. m--Uranus and moon
n conjunction Uranus south . de-
.rees - minutes.
July 20. a m.-Mercury in perihe-
ion.
July q. D. m.-Niercury and Saturn
n conjunction Mercury north 1 de-
-ree, 9 minutes.
July p. a MENUS in aphelion.
July =. 4 p MENUS Stationary.
July p, 10 a m--Neptune and sun
D conjunction.
July rs. ,. m.-Mercury and Nep-
uhe IN conjunction Mercury north one
eEree, % minutes.