Eclipse of Moon.
A total eclipse of the moon will occur on Wednesday, April 13, but for observation of it New Zealand is unfavourably placed. The director of the Carter Observatory, Mr. 1. L. Thomsen, in giving this information, stated that the eclipse will begin at 2.28 p.m-. when the moon is overhead in the extreme eastern part ol Brazil, near Recife. Brazil is therefore the most favoured area of the earth for observing this phenomenon. The end of the eclipse occurs at 5.54 p.m. when the moon is overhead in the Pacific Ocean to the west of northern Peru. This is the critical phase for New Zealand, only the eastern portion of the North Island seeing the last traces of the eclipse soon after moonrise. At Mahia Peninsula, Gisborne and East Cape the eclipse will end about 10 minutes after moonrise- For the rest of New Zealand none of the phases will be visible.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22915, 6 April 1949, Page 8
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