ROUGH ASTRONOMICAL NOTES.

Evening Star, Issue 7652, 30 June 1888, Page 4

ROUGH ASTRONOMICAL NOTES.

18SS. The Sun’s meridian altitude,_ and the New Zealand mean time of his meridian passage, rising and setting at Dunedin ; MejJd. On Mctid. Rises. Sets. hj. m. a. hj. m. hj. m. 1 21° 2' 011 27 755 427 & 21° 40' 012 40 783 432 15 22“ 38' 013 35 760 438 22 23° 54' 014 5 744 445 29 25 25' 014 6 730 462 PHASES OF TUB MOON. Last quarter—ld 3h 23m p.m. New moon—9d 5h 47m p.m. First quarter—l6d llh 43ra pm. Full moon—23d 5h 16m p.m. Last quarter—3ld 8h 0m a.m. POSITION OF TUB MOON. Apogee—4d llu a.m. Greatest northing—9d 7h a.m. Perigee—2od 7h a.m. Greatest southing—22d 9h a.m. The Moon will be in conjunction with Venus and Mercury on the 9th, with Saturn on the Hth, with Mars on the 17th, and with Jupiter on the 19th. The Earth is in aphelion on the 4th at 5 a.m. Mercury is at greatest elongation, I'J.odeg east, on the 29th. TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE MOON. The Moon will rise totally eclipsed on the evening of tho 23rd at 4h 4Gm. The middle of the eclipse at 5h 15m, the end of the total phase at Oh 6m, and the last contact with the shadow at 7h sm. The Moon passes almost centrally through the Earth’s shadow. LUNAR OCCULTATIONS. Day. R ! w. Blag. Disappears. Re-appcars. hj. m. h- m. 14 Nu VirqihU .. 4 541 S. 14° E. 8 325. 74’W. 21 21 Sagittarii ..5 7 18 S. 70” E. 820 S. 00 W. 23 Omicron Capri- „ , coroi ‘. .. 5 9 4N. 5 E. 917 N. 18 W. Omicron Capricorn! is a double star, and may be seen under the Moon during the eclipse. ECLIPSES OP JUPITER’S SATELLITES. d. hj. m. 8. 11l Satellite disappears .. 3 6 42 5 111 reappears 3 8 28 2 n ~ ..6 11 45 34 I ..7 10 19 43 111 ", disappears .. 10 10 40 B3 ill ~ reappears .. 10 12 27 49 I .. 10 C 42 59 ii " „ .. 23 0 19 39 I .. 23 8 37 40 II ~ disappears ..30 6 31 33 II reappears .. 30 8 67 18 I „ „ .. 30 10 32 24