The Archive · 1938

China Skies for December

S.—Saturn in conjunction with Moon, 939. am. S. 6° 2 S. at point, 1

5.—Uranus in conjunction with Moon, 409 pin. U. 0° 39 S.

9—Venus at a Stationdry "point, 9 p.m.

13—ercury in Perihelium, 9 p.m.

14.—weptune in conjunction witn Moon 5° 4y N Inferior conjunction with Sun, 6 pin.

16—Saturn at a Stationary point, 5

16.—Neptune in quadrature with Sun, 6 am.

in conjunction with Moon, 257 pin. M. 2° 2 N., 19.—Venus in conjunction "with Moon, 0.02 am. V. 2 46 N.

20,—Mercury in conjunction with Moon, 934 pan. M. 0° 3 N.

22—Sun enters the sign Capricornus, 24.—Mercur; a Stationary point, 8 Winter solstice, 8.14 p.m 36.—Venus at greatest brilliancy, 3 p.m. Zi—Jjupiter in conjunction with Moon.

809 am. J. 6 30—Saturn in conjugation with Moon, 530 pin.

Constellations at 9 p.m.

In the North, Cassiopeia and Per-sous are above Polaris on both sides of the meridian, Cepheus and Draco are west, Ursa Major to the east Along the Ecliptic, Cancer is just Rising, Gemini is well up, then Taurus, Aries reaching to tne meridian, Pisces is past, next Aquarius, and Capricornus 15 just setting. In the East, Canis Minor (Procyon) is fully risen. In the Southeast, Orion is midway to the meridian, and Canis Major Cetus (Sirius) "is just rising. In the South is on the meridian. North of the Ecliptic, the Triangles - are nearly in the zenith, Perseus is just e t, below is Auriga, Andromeda lies just west of the merchan, and Pegasus is midway. while along the Milky Way, blazes the brilliant cross of Cygnus.

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