+---------------------------------------------+-------------+-------------+ | | Sun’s Long. | Sun’s Anom. | | +-------------+-------------+ | | s ° ʹ ʺ | s ° ʹ | | From the Sun’s mean Longitude and Anomaly +-------------+-------------+ | at the beginning of the year Christ 1 | 9 7 53 10 | 6 29 54 | | Subtract his mean Motion and Anomaly for | | | | 600 years | 0 4 32 0 | 11 24 2 | | + ----------- | ---------- | | And the remainder, or radix, is | 9 3 21 10 | 7 5 52 | | To which add what 585 wants of 600, | | | | _viz._ 15 years | 11 29 22 27 | 11 29 7 | | { _May_ | 3 28 16 40 | 3 28 17 | | { days 28 Bissextile | 0 28 35 2 | 0 28 35 | | And also those of { hours 4 | 0 9 51 | 0 10 | | { min. 3 | 0 7 | ---------- | | { sec. 42 | 2 | 0 2 1 | | | ----------- | Sun’s Anom. | | Sun’s mean Long. _May_ 28th, at 4 hour | +-------------+ | 3 min. 24 sec. afternoon | 1 29 45 19 | | | Equation of the Sun’s mean Place subtract | 2 2 | 2ʹ 22ʺ | | | ----------- | Sun’s Equat.| | Rem. his true Place for the same time, | | subtract. | | _viz._ ♉ Taurus 29° 43ʹ 17ʺ | 1 29 43 17 | | +---------------------------------------------+-------------+-------------+ _N. B._ As the Longitudes or Places of all the visible Stars in the Heavens are well known, we have an easy method of finding the Sun’s true Place in the Ecliptic: for the Sun is directly opposite to that Point of the Ecliptic which comes to the Meridian at mid-night. _To find the Sun’s Declination._ [Sidenote: Fourth Element.] 362. PRECEPT. Enter Table XVII with the Signs and Degrees of the Sun’s Place; and making proportions, take out his Declination answering thereto. If the Signs are at the head of the Table, the Degrees are at the left hand; but if the Signs are at the foot of the Table, the Degrees are at the right hand. So, the Sun’s Declination answering to his true Place (found by § 359 to be 0^s 12° 9ʹ) is 4 degrees 48 minutes 54 seconds, making allowance for the 9ʹ that his Place exceeds 12°. _To find the Angle of the Moon’s visible Path with the Ecliptic._ [Sidenote: Fifth Element.]