+------------------------------------+----------+-------------+-------------+ | | | Sun’s Anom. | Moon’s Ano. | | | D. H. M. +-------------+-------------+ | | | s ° ʹ | s ° ʹ | | +----------+-------------+-------------+ | Tab. I. To the mean F. Moon and | | | | | Anom. in _Mar. 1780_ | 9 4 41 | 8 19 48 | 7 8 10 | | Add one Lunation and it’s | | | | | Anomalies from Tab. VI[80] | 29 12 44 | 0 29 6 | 0 25 49 | | | -------- | ---------- | ---------- | | The several sums are | 38 17 25 | 9 18 54 | 8 3 59 | | Fr. which subt. the Days & Anom. | | | | | of 2500 years, Tab. V | 19 22 20 | 11 26 19 | 6 6 43 | | | -------- | --------- | ---------- | | Rem. the mean time and Anom. of | | | | | F.M. in _Mar. b.C. 721_ | 18 19 5 | 9 22 25 | 1 27 16 | | To which add the sum of the | +-------------+ | | three Equations | + 11 36 | Equ. Moon’s Anom. - 18 | | | -------- | Anom. cor. 1 26 48 | | And it gives the true time of | | Sun’s Equat. + 1 47 | | Full Moon, _Mar. b.C. 721_ | 18 6 41 | ---------- | | +------+---+ Moon’s Anom. 1 28 35 | | Which was the 19th day, at 41 minutes +-------------------------------+ | past 6 in the evening, at _London_; | Moon’s ann. Eq. 0^h 20^m add | | to which time, if[81] 2 hours 51 | Her ellipt. Equ. 8 1 add | | minutes be added, we shall have | Sun’s Equation 3 15 add | | the time at _Babylon_, namely, | Sum 11 36 add | | 9 hours 51 minutes. | | +-------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+ 357. To know whether the Sun will be eclipsed or no, at the time of any given New Moon; collect the Sun’s distance from the Node at that time, and if it be less than 17 degrees he will be eclipsed, otherwise not. EXAMPLE. _For the time of New Moon in_ April 1764.