Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1879 — THE ECLIPSES OF 1880. [ARTICLE]

THE ECLIPSES OF 1880.

In the year 1880 there will be six eclipses, lour of the sun and two of the moon. A total eclipse of the sun, January 11, invisible in the eastern portion of iho United States. The partial and total phnscß may be visible, though under unfavorable conditions, through portions of Utah, Nevada and California. A total eclipse of the moon, June 22, invisible in the eastern portion of the United States. Observers on the Pacific coast may see the eclipse for about half an hour before the moon sets. An annular eclipse of the sun, July 7, invisible throughout North America. It will be visib’e in South America and the southern part of Africa. A partial eclipse of the sun. December 1, visible only in the southern hemisphere. A total eclipse of the moon, December lfi, invisible In the eastern portion of the United States, but some of its phases visible on the Paoilic co st. A partial eclipse of the sun, December 81, visible In the eastern portion of the United S'.ates and at Chicago, from 8:15 to 7:44 in the morning.