El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-21

tinuaily diminishes. As the earth
warns up its radiating capacity also
increases and a balance Is struck
about the first Of August
! nights in the year are OF equal
/ length so that only the difference in
altitude can produce a slight seasonal
1 change; at the pole when summer
comes the sun is above the horizon for
the entire day but its low altitude pre-
vents the temperature there from be-
coming .usufferably hot
The Planets for July.
Mercury will be found in the west
ern evening SKY 1or rev DAYS be-
fore and after July II, on which date
II viii reach its greatest distance from
the sun. It will be located about 10
degrees above the horizon and about
I 20 degrees south of the sunset point
Venus reaches Its greatest distance
from the sun on July 5. and is beau
tifully in view in the western evening
sky. It is 65 million miles from the
sun on that date, and will consequent
| " he increasing in brightness
Mars Is in the morning sky, but
not far enough from the sun to be
well seen this month. On the 18th it
viii be 80 million miles from the
earth
Jupiter viii be in conjunction with
visible this month.
Saturn sets about an hour and a
half after the sun on the 18th. On
July 2 Venus and Saturn will be in
conjunction. Venus south OF Saturn
oily 10 minutes. one third OF the
moeD,s diameter
The position OF Uranus IS shown on
the map. Neptune viii be too near
the sun to be well seen the first of
the month and by the last OF the
month viii be entirely lost in its rays.
The earth will be at its greatest
distance from the sun on July 3d.
$4,000 miles.
Rio Janeiro. May 29.-UnfavorzbIe
weather here today prevented COM
plete observation OF the total eclipse
OF the sun.
The eclipse was first seen in Rio
Janeiro at 7;51 a. m. the darkness in
creasing progressively until S-54 a.
n. when il began to fade away
Planetary CONFORMATION for July.
(From tie American Ephemeris.)
Subtract four hours for eastern
standard time washington and New
time (Chicago): six hours Rocky
Mountain time (Denver): seven hours
Pacific time (San Francisco).
These deductions apply between the
last Sunday in March and the last
Sunday in October and are made TO
conform with the daylight saving law
Note--Because of the proximity of
Jupiter to the sun the phenomena of
the satellites are not given from June
p TO August IL
July I. 7:25 D. m.-venus and Moon
in conjunction Venus north degrees
SO min.
July 1. s:25 a. m.-saturn and Moon
in conjunction. Saturn north de-
July ?. D. m.=venus and Saturn
IN conjunction Venus south 10 min.
July 3, 5 a. m.-Earth in aphelion=
greatest distance, from sun
July ;, a. m.-Venus greatest elon-
cation east IS degrees IS min
July Z. 10 .. m--Mercury and Nep-
tune in conjunction Mercury north 1
degree 16 min
July a. / p. m--Mercury in de-
scending node.
July 16, II D. MENUS IN descend
July IS. s:o7 a. m.-Urnus and Noon
IN conjunction Uranus south de-
grees Is-uain.
elongation east IS degrees Al min
July p, 9 D. m.-Jupiter in conjunc-
ton with sun.
July "a. p. m.-Mercury In aphe-
July %. 1902 D. m.-Mars and Moon
in conjunction. Mars north 4 degrees.
July rs. 6-13 .. m--Jupiter and
Noon in conjunction Jupiter north 4
degrees - min.
July %. 1924 .. m.-Neptune and
Moon in conjunction. Neptune north
4 degrees 20 min.
July %, 10:0s D. m.-Mercury and
Noon in conjunction Mercury north
. degrees II min.
July %. 1876. a m.@Saturn and
Moon in junction. Saturn north de-
grees IS min
July 90. 10 a. m.-venus and Moon
IN conjunction Venus north de-
grees min
July 81. 2 D. m--Mercury stationary.
July Noon Phases-G. VI. T.
July Z. By a. m--First quarter.
July 13, 6:0z a. m.-FulI moon.
July 20. 11:03 a. m--Last quarter
July 81. 5:21 a m--New moon.
The moon VIII be at apogee July Z,
and at perigee July IS.