Boston,
N. York, 4 57
Wash'n, 4 57
Charles., 4 54
N. Orl's, 4 53

Days of Month

Days of Week.

19th day.

Twilight begins and ends. Mean Time.
7th day.
13th day.
Begins. Ends. Begins. Ends.
h. m. h. m.
h. m. h. m.
5 5m 6 23a 5 11m 6 18a

Begins. Ends.
h. m.
h. m.
5 17m

6 14a

5 4

6 24

5 10

6 19

5 15

6 16

5 3

6 25

5 8

6 21

5 13

6 19

4 59

6 29

5 3

6 25

5 7

6 23

6 26

4 55 6 31 5 1 628 5 5
PERIGEE AND APOGEE OF THE MOON.

7 Tu.

1st day.
Begins. Ends.
h. m.
h. m.
4 58m 6 30a

6 31

6 31

6 34

6 35

8 W.

9 Th.

Perigee, 11th day, 1h. M.

First Quarter, 4th day, Oh. 54.7m. M.
Full Moon,
8
10th "
46.9 A.

Sun's upper limb rises and sets, (corr. for refract.) M. Time. High Water.

10 F.

11 S.

17 F. 18 S.

Boston, &c.

34 54

rises. sets. rises. sets. rises. sets. rises. sets. rises. sets. h. m. h. m.h. m. h. m.h. m. h. m. h. m. h. m. h. m. h. m. 1 W. 6 33 4 55 6 29 4 59 6 27 5 1 6 16 5 11 6 14 5 14 2 Th.

3 F.

4 S.

57 29 4 59 18

30

5 Su. 6 38 4 50 6 34 4 54 6 31 4 57 6 20 5 8 6 17 5 11

6 M.

43 45

44 44

50 40

53 31

51 39

28 Tu.

29 W.
30 Th. 9

46 38

49 35 53 32

3 31

34

32 56

51 33 55

50 35 54 39 49 36 53

48 37 52 42 47 39 51

48 41

12 Su. 6 47 4 42 6 43 4 46 6 40 4 50 6 27 5 2 6 23 5 6
13 M.
14 Tu.
15 W.

16 Th.

PHASES OF THE MOON.

Wash'gton,
&c.

29

43 43 47

7 0 34

4 33

41 49

0 17 10 15 13

9

19 8 17 11

45

44

Last Quarter,
New Moon,

43

Charleston,
&c.

42

51 42

37

45 46

36

46

2

19 Su. 6 55 4 35 6 51 4 39 6 47 4 44 6 34 4 57 6 29 5 2
20 M.
21 Tu.
22 W.

23 Th. 7 0
24 F.
25 S.

33

8965433

31 4 59

38

39

Apogee, 24th day, 6h. A.

7 18

N. Orleans,

&e.

16

19

0 26

20

20

21

24

35 57 29

36

37

27

17th day, 1h. 38.4m. M.
25th
4 21.5 A

66

M. Time.

30

32

34

12

55 35

55 36

37

55 38

10

5

4

439

9 46

8 10 34

711 19

Boston, &c.

1

26 Su. 7 4 4 30 6 59 4 34 6 54 4 41 6 40 4 55 6 34 5 0 11 34m 27 M.

30

0

0 7a

55 41 41
56 40 42

29

0

0 40

8 29

57

0

1 11

40 43
40 44

29

0

145

1

5 13a

6 34

7 49

8 57

5 15m

6 32

745

8 50

1 9 42

33 0 10 23

h. m.

h. m. h. m.

2 3a 11 43m 10 3m

2 38
3 19

0 18a 10 38
0 59 11 19
1 47 0 7a

4 7

25th day. Begins. Ends. h. m. h. m.

5 23m 6 11a

5 21

6 13

5 19

6 15

5 12

6 22

5 9

6 25

0 11 0

New York,

&c.

0 6m 10 32
11 18

0 52

1 39

2 26

3 17

4 12

2 53a

4 14

5 29

6 37

7 26

8 14
8 59

9 46a

Charleston,

&c.

8 6a

8 52

9 39 10 26 0 6m 11 17 0 57 1 52 2 55m 4 12

0 12m 1 15m 2 32 345

5 25

6 30

4 50

7 22

8 3

5 42 6 23 7 0

8 40

9 14m 7 34m

9 47

8 7 8 40

9 11

9 45

10 20

10 51

11 25

1st day. Souths. Dec. h. m.

Passage of the Meridian (mean time) and Declination of the Planets.
7th day.
13th day.
19th day.
Souths. Dec. Souths. Dec. Souths.
h. m.
h. m.
h. m.

Dec.

Souths.
h. m.

O

O •

0 "

O 4

0 45a

-21 17 0 1a
-22 8 1 39

1 32

-18 16 11 10m -14 18 10 38m-12 35 10 29m-13 37 -23 30 1 48a-24 26 1 57a-24 57 2 6a-25 1 11 24m-12 39 11 16m-14 2 11 9m-15 23 11 2m-16 40 10 55m-17 52 8 55a -13 29 8 31a -13 9 8 8a-12 42 7 46a-12 9 7 24a -11 31 3 9m2 41 2 46m+ 1 44 2 21m 0 52 1 55m+ 0 6 1 29m 0 11a 4 12 11 57m+3 51 11 43 3 31 11 30 3 15 11 16 0 13 -12 20 11 59 -13 12 11 45 -14 111 32 -14 49 11 18 6 49m15 18 6 28 15 9 6 6 8 37a 6 34 8 13a 6 37 7 49a

+

+15 0 5 41+14 53 5 22

6 39 7 25a

6 39 7 1a

H10 277 3 10 36 58 9 386 539 14 6 49

8 50

Moon rises or sets. Mean Time.

Days of Month. #JZ+K+0+0+α

Moon Souths,
Mean Time.

7 56

8 52

6 41a

7 36

8 38

Wash'n, &c.

9 41

10 44
11 46

5 35a

6 19

7 9

8 0

8 57

sets.

h. m.

9 17a

10 11
11 9

6 45a

740

8 43

9 46

10 48
11 49

Ch'ston, &c.

5 39a

6 23

7 13

8 4

9 0

sets.

sets. h. m.

h. m. h. m. 14 7a 9 8a 9 13a 24 56 10 3 10 7 3 5 45 11 2 11 5

stationary. h

h 2 34 S.

4 6 35
S. 7 24a
0 3m 0 5m 0 9m 0 18m 0 22m 20th Sunday after Trinity.
68 15 1 7 1 10
77 om stationary.
79 8
7 6 9a 6 x 7
810 2
8 1 47m 6
rises. rises. rises. Transit of partly vis. U. S.

1 12
2 19

2 18
3 27

1 18
2 21
3 26

1 21 2 24 3 27

4 51 S. 21 41 S.

3 27

2 17 3 27 910 58 rises. rises. 10 11 57 4 53a 4 55a 11 8 5 39 5 43 0 53m 6 37a

H 1 56 N.

4 59a
5 47

5 14a
6 5

8 8 33a 6
9 5 21a in 8.

S.

7 5a 21st Sunday after Trinity.

8 2

9 8 34m Inf. 6X0.

11 11 20a 6O.

13 1 59 7 31 14 3 0 8 33 15 3 58 9 37 16 4 53 10 41 17 5 45 11 43

18 6 33

sets.

h. m.

9 31a

10 24

11 19

5 8a
5 59

6 583
754

8 57

9 57

10 57

11 56

N. Orl's, &c.

5 52a
6 37

7 27

8 18

9 12

d. h. m.
All Saints.

25th day. Dec.

PHENOMENA AND OBSERVA-
TIONS.

Sundays and Holidays.

Washington Mean Time.

O

29 43m 60.

4 10 52a
6 8 45a

13 1 31a 0.

13 3 27a6

13 6 55ain Perihelion.

0 om 17 8 34m 6 D 23 9 N. S. 7 19m 0 49m 0 51m 0 53m 0 56m 0 59m 22d Sunday after Trinity.

1 46

146

1 49

17 6 46a9 in Aphelion.

2 42

2 43

3 39

20 8 3 1 45
21 8 46 2 42
22 9 29 340
23 10 13 4 33
24 10 57
sets.
25 11 43 4 51a

3 38
3 34
sets.
4 59a

4 36
sets.

1 50
2 42
3 34
4 27
sets.

2 41
3 35
4 29
sets.
5 10a

4 54a

5 18a
5 59a

18 8 6m
20 6 52m
227 28m
23 7 37a
24 2 52m
23d Sunday after Trinity.
24 10 16m 6
4 24 S.
26 7 19mgr. elong. 20 0 W.
29 4 58a6C
6 25 S.

S. 0 29a

5 30a

6 14

6 43

7 4

7 33

27 1 16 28 2 5 29 2 53 30 3 42

8 24

9 19

St. Andrew.

Days of Month.

Days of Week.

Perigee, 9th day, 1h. A.

Boston, &c.

Twilight begins and ends. Mean Time.
13th day.
Begins. Ends.
h. m. h. m.

7th day.
Begins. Ends.
h. m.
h. m.
6 9a

5 35m

5 40m 6 18a
5 37

5 33

6 11

6 11

5 30

6 14

5 34

6 14

5 22

6 22

5 26

6 23

5 18 6 26 5 24 6 27 PERIGEE AND APOGEE OF THE MOON.

PHASES OF THE MOON.
First Quarter, 3d day, 2h. 57.6m. A. Last Quarter,
Full Moon,
10" 6 35.7 M. New Moon,

17th day, 6h.
25th " 11

Sun's upper limb rises and sets, (corr. for refract.) M. Time. High Water.

11 29

rises. sets. rises. sets. rises. sets. rises. sets. rises. sets. h. m. h. m.h. m. h. m. h. m. h. m. h. m. h. m. h. m. h. m. 1F. 7 10 4 29 7 5 4 34 6 59 4 40 6 44 4 55 6 38 5 0 2S.

34

7 0

39

0

3 Su. 7 12 4 29 7 7

4 M. 5 Tu.

6 W.

13 28

New York, &c.

4 34 7 1 4 39 6 45 4 55 6 40 50

2

0

0

0

0

0

1

10 Su. 7 19 4 23 7 14 4 33 7 9 4 38 6 51 4 55 6 46 5 1
11 M.
12 Tu.

20

28 15
21 28
21 28

16

16

13 W. 14 Th.

28

17 17

15 F.

23

34

16 S.

24

18 34

17 Su. 7 24 4 29 7 18 4 34 7 13 4 40 6 55 4 57 6 50 5 3

18 M.

25

29

19

29 19

19 Tu. 25 20 W.

26

30 20 36

21 Th. 26
22 F.
23 S.

28 10

7 Th. 16 28 11

8 F.

17

9 S.

28 12

18 29 13

29 33

29 34

30 20 36

35

32 22

24

24

36 25

21 37

27 31
27

31

37

24 Su. 7 28 4 32 7 22 4 38 7 16 4 43 6 59 5 0 6 54 55

25 M.

16

17

26 Tu. 27 W.

17

18

28 Th. 29 34 29 F.

29

30 S. 30

1

2

57

53

59

59

19th day.
Begins. Ends.
h. m. h. m.

5 43m 6 10a
5 41

6 13

5 39

5 29

5 25

Apogee, 22d day, 1h. M.

:: 28. N. Orleans,

39

39

40

40 18

41

19

31 Su. 7 30 4 37 7 25 4 42 17 19 4 48 7 25 56 57 5 10

1

2

2

3
4

6 16

6 25

6 29

3

4

4

4

5

h. m.

2 19a

3 0

3 47a

4 40

5 49

7 2

8 13

9 14

10 8

10 59a

25th day. Begins. Ends. h. m. h. m.

5 46m 6 14a 5 44 6 16

5 41

6 19

5 32

6 29

5 28

6 32

3 50m

4 41

5 38

646

754

8 58

9 52

4.9m., M. 13.6 M.

10 32m 611 11

6 11 48

7

8

9

10

h. m. h. m. 11 59m 8 19m

0 40a 11 0

0 41m 11 7

M. Time.

1 27a 11 47m 0 40a

2 20

3 29

1 49

4 42

3 2

5 53

4 13

6 54

7 48

1 27 11 54

2 14

3 2

8 39a 9 30 10 21

Charleston, &c.

6 59a
750
8 41

9 27

10 14 11 2 0 42m 11 50

...

5 14

6 8

1 30m
2 21

0 41a
1 38

3 18

4 26

2 46

5 34

3 54

6 38

4 58 7 32 5 52 8 12m 6 32a 8 51 7 51 9 28 7 48

0 24a

10 4

8 24

0 57

10 37

8 57

1 32

11 12

9 32

2 9

11 49

10 9

2 48a 0 48a 10 48a

Days of Month. J+K+0+0+α

1st day. Souths. Dec.

O •

h. m. 10 32m-16 0 10 41m

2 15a -24 38 2 23a

10 49m-18 59 10 42m-20 1 10 36m

7 4a-10 49 6 44a

10 5 6 25a
1 19 0 2m

1 1m - 1 1 0 33m

11 22 55 10 48 11 5 -16 18 10 52

4 59 +14 46 4 36

6 33a -6 34

6 15a

8 266 43 8 2

Moon

Moon Souths,
Mean Time.

25th day.

O "

O "

Passage of the Meridian (mean time) and Declination of the Planets.
7th day.
13th day.
19th day.
Souths. Dec.
Souths. Dec. Souths. Dec. Souths.
h. m.
h. m.
h. m.
h. m.
-18 40 10 54m-21 6 11 9m-23 0 11 25m -24 16
-23 48 2 31a -22 33 2 38a -20 55 2 44a -18 56
-20 56 10 30m-21 45 10 25m -22 27
9 14 6 6a 8 22 5 49a 7 24
1 24 11 31
1 15 11 2 |- 0 53

+ 2 48 10 20m+2 51 10 6m+ 2 58

-17 36 10 25

-18 10 10 11

-18 43

+14 53 3 23 +14 59 -6 17 5 7a -68 7146 38 6 506 37

Boston, &c.

sets.

h. m. h. m. 14 30a 9 51a

25 19 S. 6 7а 4 6 57 57 48 6 8 41

7 9 37 810 36

911 37

S. 6 om
18 6 44
19 7 28
20 8 11
21 8 55

22 9 39

23 10 26

EN. York, &c.

h. m.

9 55a 10 55 10 58

rises or sets.

sets.

S.

5 10a

5 14a

8 11 0 39m 6 11

6 16

7 18

7 21

12 1 41 13 2 39

8 24

8 29

14 3 35

9 30

9 32

10 36

15 4 26
16 5 15

10 34
11 35 11 36

+2 50 10 34

-17 0 10 38

Wash'n, &c.

+14 46 4 12

6 30 5 52a

641| 7 386 39

Mean Time.

sets.

sets.
h. m.
h. m.
9 59a 10 9a
11 0 11 7

.

0 3m 0

1 8

1 8

0 om 0 1m
1 7 1 8
2 15
3 27

2 15

2 12

2 15
3 26

3 24

3 18

rises. rises. rises. rises.
4 14a 4 13a 4 22a 4 35a

Ch'ston, &c.

5 20a

6 21

7 26

8 31

9 36

10 39

11 37

7m

5 33a

6 34

7 39

842

9 43

10 44
11 40

+14 48

3 48

6 24 5 29a

N. Orl's, &c.

sets.
h. m.
10 13a

11 11

0 10m

1 11

2 12

3 18

rises.

4 41a

5 40a

6 42

7 43

8 49

9 49

10 47
11 43

sets.

5 29a

6 21

714

Dec.

O. in 8.

O ·

h213 S. H2 5 N.

23 10 59m 6C

24 4 12a 6 C
St. Thomas.

3d Sunday in Advent. [begins.

0 35m 0 35m 0 35m 0 35m 0 36m 21 11 52m enters W, Winter

1 33

1 33 1 32
2.30
2 29

1 30
2 22

5 13 S.
544 S.

2 28

1 30 2 22 3 13 4 5

3 27

3 24

3 22

4 23

4 19

4 21
5 16

3 16
4 8
5 12 5 0

27 0 52a 4 57 27 6 33a

5 19

S. 11 13m

sets.

sets.

sets.

25 0 la

4 59a

5 23a

26 0 50

6 1

6 14

6 55

sets.
5 4a 5 9a
5 56
6 52
750
8 51
9 53

7 8

5 52
6 47
747
8 48
9 51

754

8 4

27 1 39 28 2 29 29 3 17 30 4 5 S. 4 53a 10 45a 10 47a 10 47a 10 49a 10 52a 1st Sunday after Christmas.

8 10

9 6

8 54 9 2
9 54 10 0

28 11 53a C
31 0 40a 6h C

4 20 S. h 1 44 S.

10 3

1 15 N.

23 31 S. intensity of 3.943 light.

22 56 N.

323 S.

stationary.
in Aphelion.
4th Sunday in Advent.
Christmas Day.
St. Stephen.
St. John.
Innocents.

ECLIPSES IN 1848.

In the year 1848, there will be six eclipses; four of the Sun, and two of the Moon, and a Transit of Mercury. One of the solar eclipses, one of the lunar eclipses, and the transit of Mercury will be visible in the United States.

I. Sunday, March 5th. A partial eclipse of the Sun, visible in the Northern portion of the United States.

Beginning of the general eclipse, 7h. 14.9m. M. [Mean Time at Washington] in latitude 47° 35' N., and longitude 86° 28′ W. of Greenwich.

Greatest obscuration on the earth, 8h. 22.9m. M. in latitude 71° 53' N. and longitude 91° 44' W. of Greenwich.

End of the general eclipse, 9h. 30.8m. M. in latitude 80° 26' N. and longitude 16° 5' E. of Greenwich.

Greenw❜h.

BM. Time.

Digits eclipsed, 3° 14'.

This eclipse will be visible principally in the Northern Polar regions, particularly in the North of America and in Greenland; and will be quite small in all that portion of the United States in which it is visible.

The phases of the eclipse for all places in the United States may be determined by means of the following table. The Sun's semi-diameter and horizontal parallax are the same as at conjunction :

h. m.

0 0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

55

1 0

5

10

15

20

25

30

358 20 26

359 32 41

0 44 56

1 57 11

3 9 26

4 21 42

5 33 57

6 46 12

7 58 27

9 10 42

10 22 57

11 35 13

12 47 28

13 59 43

15 11 55

16 24 13

17 36 28

18 48 44

20 0 59

4517.7

4352.2

4186.6

4021.0

3855.4

3689.9

3524.3

3358.7

3193.1

3027.5

2961.9

2696.3

2530.7

2365.1

2199.5

2033.9

1868.3

1702.6

1537.0

851 4

- 88

106.4

101.6

96.7

91.9

87.1

82.2

77.4

72.6

67.7

62.9

58.1

53.2

48.4

43.6

38.7

33.9

29.1 33 1.6

21.2

32 5.5

19.4

31 9.4

33

• "

47 57.3

6.8

47 1.4

6.8

46 5.6

6.8

45 9.7

6.9

44 13.8

6.9

43 17.8 7.0
42 21.9

7.0

7.0

7.1

41 25.8

40 30.0

39 34.0

7.1

38 38.0

7.1

37 41.9

7.2

36 45.9

7.2

35 49.8 7.3
34 53.8 7.3
33 57.7

7.4

7.4

7.5

7.5

('s Hor.

Dec. Par.

10

"I

12.4

12.6

12.7

12.9

13.1

13.2

13.4

13.6

13.7

13.9

14.1

14.2

14.4

14.6

14.7

14.9

15.1

15.3

15.5

ió

"

For Interval of

Change in

C's Rel. ('s hour angle R.A. Dec.

23.80 10 2 24 5.5 1.9 23.90 20 4 49 11.1 3.7 23.90 30 7 13 16.6 5.6

24.00 40 9 37 22.1 7.5 24.10 50 12 227.6 9.3 24.21 014 27 33.1 11.2 24 3 1 10 16 51 38.6 13.1 24.4 1 20 19 16 44.2 14.9 24.51 30 21 40 49.7 16.8 24.61 40 24 555.219.7 24.71 50 26 30 60.7 20.5 24.72 028 54 66.222.4 24.8 2 1031 1871.724.3 24.92 2033 43 77.3 26.1 24.92 30 36 782.8 28.0 25.0 2 40 38 31 88.3 29.9 25.12 50 46 57,93.931.7 25.23 043 21 99.4 33.6 25.3