AMERICAN ALMANAC FOR THE YEAR 1839, Being the latter part of the 63d, and the beginning of the 64th, year of the Independence of the United States of America ; the 6552d year of the Julian Period; 66 the latter part of the 5599th, and the beginning of the 5600th, year since the creation of the world, according to the Jews; the 2592d year (according to Varro) since the foundation of Rome; the 2586th year since the era of Nabonassar, which has been assigned to Wednesday the 26th of February of the 3967th year of the Julian Period, which corresponds, according to the chronologists, to the 747th, and, according to the astronomers, to the 746th year, before the birth of Christ; the 2615th year of the Olympiads, or the third year of the 654th Olympiad will begin in July, 1839, if we fix the era of the Olympiads at 7751⁄2 years before Christ, or at or about the beginning of July of the year 3938 of the Julian Period; the latter part of the 1254th, and the beginning of the 1255th (lunar) year since the Hegira, or Flight of Mahomet, which is supposed to have taken place on the 16th of July of the year 622 of the Christian era. I. THE CALENDAR AND CELESTIAL PHENOMENA FOR THE YEAR. SIGNS OF THE PLANETS, &c. 8 Conjunction, or having the same Longitude or Right Ascension Quadrature, or differing 90° in 8 Opposition 66 The ascending, & the descending node. 66 66 An asterisk (*) prefixed to the conjunction of the Moon with a star or planet, indicates that the star or planet may be eclipsed in some part of the inhabited portion of the United States. The sign is prefixed to the latitude, or declination, of the Sun, or other heavenly body, when north, and the sign when south; but the former prefixed to the hourly motion of the Moon in latitude, indicates that she is approaching, and the latter that she is receding from, the north pole of the ecliptic. The letters M. A., m. a., denote Morning and Afternoon. Mean or average length of the tropical year 365 5 48 48 |