44 ASPECT OF THE HEAVENS. 



The Moon ascends in her orbit till Jan. 5, at \oh. aft., when 

 her North declination is 23 deg. 43 min. 47 sec. ; then descends 

 until her South declination is 23 deg. 44 min. 25 sec, Jan. 19, 

 at dh. aft. ; again ascends till Feb. 2, at ^h. morn, declination 

 23 deg. 45 min. 37 sec. North ; then descends till her South 

 declination is 23 deg. 50 min. 14 sec. on Feb. 16, at 4/^. morn; 

 another maximum North declination, 23 deg. 55 min. 16 sec, on 

 March i, at 10//. morn; maximum South declination, 24 deg. 

 3 min. 26 sec, March 15, at loh. morn; and maximum North 

 declination, 24 deg. 10 min. 44 sec, on March 28, at 5/2. aft. 



She will occult the planet Neptime on Jan. 2, Jan. 29, Feb. 26, 

 and March 25 ; and the planet Adars on March 12 ; but none of 

 these phenomena will be visible in our islands. 

 • She will be in conjunction with Merciaj on Jan. 21, Feb. 17, 

 and March 19 ; with Ve7ius on Jan. 20, Feb. 19, and March 21 ; 

 with Mars on Jan. 15, Feb. 12, and March 12 ; with Jupiter on 

 Jan. 20, Feb. 17, and March 16; and with Saturn on Jan. lo, 

 Feb. 6, and March 5. 



On Jan. 19, at 9 in the morning, the angular distance of Venus 

 diYidi Jupiter will be less than half a degree ; and on March 5, at 4 

 in the morning. Mars will be within eight minutes of a small star 

 in Scorpio, marked Beta. 



Mermry will be at its greatest elongation eastward from the 

 Sun, and for several evenings may be seen low in the south-west 

 about an hour after sunset. Its greatest elongation westward 

 occurs on the night of Feb. 23 ; but it rises too near the Sun to 

 be visible with the naked eye. On the 29th, at 6 in the afternoon, 

 this planet will be in inferior conjunction with the Sun. 



Venus will be in superior conjunction with the Sun on the 

 1 8th an hour before noon, and will not be visible these three 

 months without the aid of a telescope. 



Mars is properly the morning star. It rises on Jan. i at ih. 

 in the morning, on Feb. i at \h. 30/;/., on March i at oh. 54;;/., 

 and on April i at 1 1 minutes before midnight. 



Jupiter will be in conjunction with the Sun on Jan. 10 at ^h. 

 in the morning. About the middle of March it will begin to be 

 visible as a morning star. 



Saturn crosses the meridian on Jan. 1 1 at 3>^. in the morning, 



