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THE TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE OF DEC. 8.—No total lunar eclipse at a altitude for refined work is visible in Englond between the years 1920 and 1938. We therefore have to make the most of those that are somewhat unfavourable, The first contact of the noon with the umbra on Dec. 8 occurs at 3.52 P.M., wiek the moon on the horizon; totality begins at 4.54 ar1 ends at 6.15, the moon's altitudes, as seen from London. being 9° and 21° respectively; the last contact with umbra is at 7.18; penumbral eclipse continues for another hour, but for the latter portion of it the dimming of the moon's light is too slight to be discernible.
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Our Astronomical Column. Nature 120, 816 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1038/120816b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/120816b0