ASTRONOMICAL NOTES FOR MARCH.
The Sun crosses the Equator on the 21st, and dav and night are then equal. The Moon was new on the 2nd, first quarter on the 19th, full moon on the 17th, and the last quarter begins on the 2 Ith ; is at her nearest distance to the Earth on the 6th, and furthest from it on the 18th ; is n ;ar Venus on the Ist and 28th, Mars on the 2nd and 31st, Jupiter on the 7th, Saturn on the 23rd, Mercury on the 30th, and passes close to the bright star Regulus, in Leo, on the 15th. Mercury is a morning star, riting rather less than an hour before the Sun at the begin oing of the month. Venus is also a morning star, rising during the month, from an hour and a quarter to an hour and a half before the Sun. Mars is invisible, being close to the Sun. Jupiter is an evening star throughout the month. Saturn is a morning star, and in quadrature with the Sun on the 15th.
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Southland Times, Issue 1220, 8 March 1870, Page 2
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179ASTRONOMICAL NOTES FOR MARCH. Southland Times, Issue 1220, 8 March 1870, Page 2
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