MifcellaneaCurioJa. 269 



The mean Motions of the Sun and Moon, ac- 

 counted fr6m the Vernal Equinox at the Meridi- 

 an of Greenwich, I make to be as followeth. 



The laft Day of December 1 680, at Noon (Old 

 Stile) the mean Motion of the Sun was 9 Signs, 

 20 degrees, 34 minutes, 46 feconds. Of the Sun's 

 Apogxum, was 3 S. 7 deg. 23 min. 30 feconds. 

 jj That the mean Motion of the Moon at that 

 time, was 6 S. 1 degree, 45- minutes, 45- feconds 

 And of her Apogee, 8 S. 4 degrees, 28 minute^ 

 S feconds. Of the amending Node of the Moon's 

 Orbit, 5 S. 14 deg. 14 min. 2 J feconds, & c . 



And on the Jaft Day of December, 1700. at 

 Noon, the mean Motion of the Sun was 9 S. 20 

 degrees, 43 minutes, 50 feconds. Of the Sun's 

 Apogee, 3 S. 7 degiees, 44 minutes, 30 feconds. 

 The mean Motion of the Moon was 10 S. 1 $ de- 

 grees, 19 minutes, 5-0 feconds. Of the Moon's 

 Apogee, 11 S. 8 degrees, 18 minutes, 20 fe- 

 conds. And of her afcending Node, 4S. 27 de- 

 grees, 24 minutes, 20 feconds. For in 20 

 an Years, or 7305- Days, the Sun s Motion is 20 

 A.i ° £ ? de S£ ees > 9 minutes, 4 feconds. 

 And the Motion of the Sun's Apogee, 21 mi* 

 nutes, o feconds. 



The Motion of the Moon in the fame time, is 

 afoRevol. 4 S. 13 degrees, 34 minutes, c fe- 

 conds. And the Motion of the Lunar Apogee, is 

 2 Revol. 2 S. 3 degrees, 5-0 minutes, 15- feconds. 

 And the Motion of her Node, 1 Re vol . o S. 

 26 degrees, 5-0 minutes, 15 feconds. 



All which Motions are accounted from the 

 Vernal Equinox; Wherefore if from them 

 there be fubtra&ed the Receffion or Motion 

 of the ^quinoftial Point, in Antecedently during 

 that fpace, which is 16 minutes, 40 feconds, there 



will 



