 | 1814 - 378 pages
...; and yet we have more visible eclipses of the moon than of the sun, which is owing to their being seen from all parts of the earth where the moon is above the horizon when the eclipse happens ; whilst those of the sun can only be observed on that small portion of the... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - 1816 - 490 pages
...interposition of the earth, and, consequently, an appearance of this kind, may be seen at all places, where the moon is above the horizon at the time the eclipse happens. From what has been said, you will easily perceive, that if any other of the celestial bodies were,... | |
 | Thomas Kerigan - 1838 - 804 pages
...West. Note. — As the beginning and the end of a lunar eclipse takes place at the same instant on all parts of the earth, where the moon is above the horizon ; the above Method would afford an easy means of finding the longitude, provided the eclipses were... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1873 - 336 pages
...and Laplace satisfactorily explained the cause in 1787. All lunar eclipses are completely visible in all parts of the earth where the moon is above the horizon, and the atmosphere is unclouded. iThey are everywhere also of the same magnitude, have the same commencement... | |
 | 1884 - 864 pages
...we have more visible eclipses of the Moon than of the Sun, because eclipses of the Moon are visible from all parts of the earth, where the Moon is above the horizon, and are equally great to each of these parts; but eclipses of the Sun are visible only at those places... | |
 | 372 pages
...obscuration, in Lunar eclipses, is not affected by parallax, they always appear of the same magnitude to all parts of the earth where the moon is above the horizon at the time ; but the visible path of the moon, with respect to a vertical circle of any locality, will differ... | |
 | Patrick Moore - 2006 - 138 pages
...1992, but with binoculars the disk could still be traced. A lunar eclipse can be seen from any point on Earth where the Moon is above the horizon at the time. The next opportunities in the UK will be on 21st February 2008, 03:27 GMT (total) and 16th August 2008... | |
 | 1885 - 638 pages
...anyone year, and may not occur even once; that it happens always at full moon; that it can be seen in all parts of the earth where the moon is above the horizon at the time of the occurrence ; and for this reason, although it only happens in the ratio of 29 to 41 as compared... | |
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Eclipses of the sun are more frequent than those of the moon, because his ecliptic limits are greater ; and yet we have more visible eclipses of the moon than of the sun, which is owing to their being seen from all parts of the earth where the moon is... 