There will be four eclipses this year —two of the sun and two of the moon —three of which will be visible in New Zealand. An annular eclipse of the sun on April 19 is the only one which wiU not be seen in the Dominion, the track lying over Alaska and the North Pole. A total eclipse of the moon on May 4 will be seen in all its stages, and a total eclipse of the sun on October 12 will be visible us a partial eclipse in New Zealand. The final eclipse of the year will be a partial lunar one on October 28. but only the final stages of the phenomenon will be seen here.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 January 1939, Page 4
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