THE

AMERICAN ALMANAC

FOR THE YEAR

1834,

Being the latter part of the 58th, and the beginning of the 59th, year of the Independence of the United States of Amer

ica;

the 6547th year of the Julian Period;

the latter part of the 5594th, and the beginning of the 5595th, year since the creation of the world, according to the Jews;

the 2587th year since the foundation of Rome, according
to Varro;

the 2580th year since the era of Nabonassar, which has
been assigned to Wednesday, February 26, 3967 of the
Julian Period, (747 years before Christ according to the
chronologists, and 746 according to the astronomers ;)
the 2610th year of the Olympiads, or the second year of the
653d Olympiad will begin in July, 1834, by fixing the era
of the first Olympiad 775 years before Christ, or at about
the first of July, 3938 of the Julian Period.

the latter part of the 1249th, and the beginning of the
1250th year since the Hegira, or flight of Mahomet.

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o Conjunction, or having the same Longitude or Right Ascension.
Quadrature, or differing 90° in
180° in

8 Opposition

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The ascending, the descending node.

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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.

Sun enters (Winter begins) 1833, Dec. 21st, 7 25 46 M. T. Wash.

"north of Equator (Spring and Summer) 186 11 1 53

"south

(Winter and Autumn) 178 18 54 18

Length of the tropical year, beginning at the winter solstice 1833, and ending at the winter solstice 1834,

Mean or average length of the tropical year 365 5 48 48

EMBER DAYS.

February 19th, 21st, and 22d.

May 21st, 23d, and 24th.*

September 17th, 19th, and 20th.
December 17th, 19th, and 20th.

MOVABLE FESTIVALS OF THE CHURCH IN 1834.

Septuagesima Sunday Jan.

Quinq. or Shrove "

Ash. Wed. 1st day of Lent
Mid Lent Sunday

26th Rogation Monday

Feb.

9th 66

Tuesday

12th Ascen. Day, or Holy Th. March 9th Whitsunday, or Pentecost 23d Trinity Sunday

30th Corpus Christi day April 6th Advent Sunday

Palm Sunday

Easter Day

Low Sunday

Rogation Sunday

May 4th

JEWISH CALENDAR.

[The anniversaries marked with an asterisk (*) are strictly observed.]

Five eclipses will happen in the course of the present year, of which three will be of the Sun and two of the Moon. One of the former and both of the latter will be visible throughout the United States.

I. Thursday, January 9th, a partial eclipse of the Sun, invisible throughout the United States.

Beginning of the General Eclipse on the Earth, at 4h. 9m. A. (M. T. at Washington,) in Long. 100° 40′ East from Greenwich, and in Lat. 52° 43' South.

Greatest obscuration on the Earth (6° 18′) at 5h. 48m. A., in Long. 11° 15' East, Lat. 67° 47' South.

End of the General Eclipse on the Earth, at 7h. 27m. A., in Long. 69° 16' West, Lat. 48° 32′ South.