ASTRONOMICAL NOTES
AUGUST, 1917.
/(By j John Grigg, P.^.A.S.)
THE SUN.
The etui's pti-th for this month will be through the constellations Cancer and Leo, in R.A. from 8.44 to 10.37, and in N. Declination from 18.6 to 8.36.
THE. MOON. The moon's phases ■ wiL be ate follows
Fvdl moon, 3rd, 4.41 p.ni; Lufit quarter, 10th, 7.26 a.m.Now moon, l&th, 5.51 a.m. First quarter, 26th, 6.38 a.m. Perigee, 4th, 9:4 a.m. ,- Apogee, 18th, 12.0 midnight Perigee, Sept. 1, 6.14 a.m. THE PLANETS. Mercury is in Leo, near the bright star Reguhis, its pasbh being in R.A. 10- to 12 hours, and in Declination trom 13 North to 4 South, passing, the moon on the 20th. Venus is olso in Leo, and'will be in conjunction v?Mi the moon oii'the 20th. Mare, North 23, R.A 6.15 to 7.33 will be i-'asfied by the moon oii the ,14th. Jupitcar is in Taurus R.A. 4.18 to 4.34, DeclinaUoi,! N 20. Saturn is in Ounces R.A. $.30, Deo. 19.30 N., and will be near *he moon, on the 16th.
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Thames Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 18409, 1 August 1917, Page 1
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