d thepoint, k, is a little below the equator; which shows that theeclipse first commences on the earth a little south of theequator.How to de- The time that the eclipse is on the earth is measured by dn™tion of a *ne ^me required for the moon to pass from k to e with its general true angular motion… … Fig. 56, 284 ASTRONOMY. chap. iv. When the moons center conies to I, the central eclipse Howtode- commences, and the arc, HI, shows that it must be about in termine in tke latitude of 7° north. When the moons center comes what lati-tudes the to r, the sun will be centrally eclipsed at apparent…
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