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TABLE XXXV. — Estimated Surface of Cloud, with reference to the Moon's Age and Declination. 















After 







After 







Moon's 



No. of 



Surface of 



Moon's 



No. of 



Surface of 



Moon 



No. of 



Surface of 



Moon 



No. of 



Surface of 



Age. 



Days. 



Cloud. 



Age. 



Days. 



Cloud. 



farthest 

 North. 



Days. 



Cloud. 



farthest 

 North. 



Days. 



Cloud. 



15 



9 



6-9 







12 



5-4 







11 



7-0 



14 



11 



7-7 



16 



11 



6-6 



1 



10 



7-4 



1 



12 



7-1 



15 



12 



7-2 



17 



10 



6-8 



2 



11 



6-8 



2 



9 



7-9 



16 



9 



6-3 



18 



11 



7-3 



3 



9 



61 



3 



11 



6-3 



17 



11 



7-0 



19 



10 



7-0 



4 



11 



6-5 



4 



12 



6-9 



18 



12 



6-2 



20 



9 



7-3 



5 



10 



7-8 



5 



11 



6-4 



19 



11 



5-3 . 



21 



12 



6-9 



6 



9 



6-8 



6 



12 



6-5 



20 



12 



6-5 



22 



9 



7-5 



7 



12 



71 



7 



11 



6-9 



21 



11 



6-7 



23 



11 



7-8 



8 



10 



6-6 



8 



12 



6-5 



22 



12 



6-5 



24 



10 



7-2 



9 



11 



7-2 



9 



9 



7-2 



23 



9 



8-0 



25 



11 



6-7 



10 



9 



7-4 



10 



11 



8-2 



24 



11 



7-4 



26 



10 



6-5 



11 



11 



6-6 



11 



12 



8-2 



25 



12 



6-7 



27 



9 



6-8 



12 



10 



7-0 



12 



11 



7-5 



26 



11 



5-2 



28 



11 



6-7 



13 



9 



7-5 



13 



12 



7-5 



27 



11 



5-8 



29 



9 



6-5 



14 



12 



6-4 















This Table has been formed from Table XXXIV. in the manner already indicated, Table X. 



Surface of Cloud, with reference to the Moon's Age- 

 surface of cloud is a minimum about new moon : — 



. 12 days till 18 days, Full Moon, 6-9 



15 22 ... 7-0 



19 26 ... 7-1 



23 29 ... 6-9 



-The following means of groups indicate that the 



27 days till 3 days, New Moon, 6-5 



7 ... 6-7 



4 11 ... 7-0 



8 14 ... 7-0 



There is an appearance of a secondary minimum at full moon, but the differences of the means are very 

 small.* 



Surface of Cloud, with reference to the Moon's Declination. — The following means of groups seem to indi- 

 cate that the surface of cloud is greatest a few days before the moon is farthest south, and least a few days be- 

 fore it is farthest north : — 



25 days till 3 days, Moon farthest North, 6-6 



6 ..*. 6-9 



4 10 ... 6-9 



7 13 ... 7-4 



11 days till 17 days, Moon farthest South, 7*3 



14 20 ... 6-6 



18 24 ... 6-7 



21 27 ... 6-6 



Extremes of the Daily Mean Surface of Clouds for each Month, with the ranges of the monthly means, and 

 number of days in each month wholly overcast : — 





Jan. 



Feb. 



March. 



April. 



May. 



June. 



July. 



Aug. 



Sept. 



Oct. 



Nov. 



Dec. 



Greatest, 



10-0 



100 



100 



100 



100 



100 



100 



100 



9-2 



100 



100 



^ 10-0 



Least, 



1-5 



31 



0-0 



4-7 



2-2 



0-5 



4-7 



1-3 



01 



11 



0-4 



2-9 



Range, 



8-5 



6-9 



10-0 



5-3 



7-8 



9-5 



5-3 



8-7 



9-1 



8-9 



9-6 



7-1 



\t?:i:] ^ 6 3 2 9 6 3 1 > . ■ 



The surface of clouds was 10-0 on nine days in the month of May, and in the month of September no day 

 was quite overcast. Only on one day was the sky perfectly free of clouds, namely, on the 8th of March ; on 

 the 22d and 23d of September the amount was very small. 



* If the heat from the Moon have any effect on the dissipation or formation of clouds, it is obvious that the effect will be greatest 

 during the night, when the Moon is about full ; the want of observations from 9^ p.m. till 5^ a.m. would therefore vitiate the results 

 more markedly than in previous cases investigated, where any effect of the Moon must be supposed sufficiently permanent to affect 

 the means during the day as well as the night. 



