SUN ECLIPSED
MOON TO TURN ON RIVAL PERFORMANCE How many people realised that there, was an eclipse of the sun yesterday morning? It was not a total eclipse, but two-thirds of the disk was covered by the moon, commencing at 6.51 a.m., reaching the maximum at 7.48' a.m. and ending at 8.51 a.m. when the all clear signal sounded. To get the best view one would have had to go to the South Pole where the eclipse was a total one. However, as far as can be learned very few "Whakatane people made the journey, and the BEACON'S penguin correspondents have so far remained silent on the subject. The heavenly bodies will stage another show on October 28 only in this case the earth will be between the sun and the moon, instead of the moon coming between earth and sun. Thus the earth's shadow will fall on the moon, and il will cause a partial eclipse of the last-named [ body.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 74, 13 October 1939, Page 4
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161SUN ECLIPSED Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 74, 13 October 1939, Page 4
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