TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE MOON.
FRIDAY MORNING, Dec. 17th. The following particulars of the eclipse of the moon, on the morning of Friday next, the 17th December, are given in Now Zealand time, as adopted by the Telegraph : li. m. First contact with the penumbra 0 2 First contact with the shadow... 1 15 Beginning of total phase ... 2 24 Middle of the eclipse... ... 3 !) End of total phase ... ... 3 54 Last contact with the shadow... 5 .8 Last contact with the penumbra (J ](i Owing to the moon being in apogee (away from the earth), the earth’s shadow will more than cover the moon in the proportion of 139 to 100.
'The moon will set about twenty minutes past four. (Communicated).
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Marlborough Daily Times, Volume II, Issue 181, 14 December 1880, Page 3
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122TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE MOON. Marlborough Daily Times, Volume II, Issue 181, 14 December 1880, Page 3
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