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CALENDAR FOR TEXAS. 1939.
Calendar on the following pages is com-
piled from the American Ephemeris and Nau-
tical Almanac, especially for the Texas Al-
manac, in order that point of calcula-
tion of hours given for sunrise, sunset, moon-
rise, moonset may be centrally located with
respect to Texas. Time used was standard
(railroad) time for the Central time belt.
Central Standard Time includes all of Texas
except El Paso and a few of the communities
Immediately adjacent to El Paso, which use
Mountain Time. It will be necessary to sub-
tract one hour from the figures given on the
following pages in order to convert into
Mountain Time. The calculations made for
surise, sunset, moonrise and moonset are for
the intersection of longitude 98 degrees west
and latitude 32 degrees 30 minutes north, a
oint about seven miles northwest of Tolar,
ood County.
To get Central Standard Time of sunrise or
sunset, moonrise or moonset for any point
In Texas apply the following rules: Add to
the time given in this calendar four minutes
for each degree of longitude that any given
place lies west of the 98th meridian, and sub-
tract four minutes for each degree of longi-
tude such place lies east of the 98th meridian.
For example, Merkel lies approximately on
the 100th meridian; hence eight minutes
should be added to the time given in the
tables. On the other hand, Wills Point, lying
approximately on the 96th meridian, should
calculate its sunrise and sunset and moon-
rise and moonset by subtracting eight min-
utes from the time given in the tables.
There will also be some variation in time
for distances north and south of the line of
latitude 32 degrees 30 minutes north, but the
rule for calculating them would be compli-
cated. Procedure given above will get suf-
ficiently close results for practical purposes.
PLANETARY CONFIGURATIONS AND
PHENOMENA.
In the center column of the tables on fol-
lowing pages are given the phenomena and
planetary configurations of the heavens for
1939. By watching this table one may ascer-
tain the dates of beautiful and striking phe-
nomena and juxtapositions of the moon and
stars. Below is an explanation of the signs of
the planets and symbols used in the tables:
The Sun. a3 Mars.
The Moon. v Jupiter.
Mercury. h Saturn.
Venus. ' Uranus.
( The Earth. Neptune.
Aspects.
6 This symbol appearing before the symbols
for two heavenly bodies means that
they are "in conjunction," that is, hav-
ing the same longitude as applied to
the sky and appearing near each other.
0 This symbol means that the two heaven-
ly bodies differ by 90 degrees of longi-
tude.
8 This symbol means that the two heaven-
ly bodies are "in opposition." or differ
by 180 degrees of longitude.
Ascending node.
Descending node.
FIRST AND LAST TWILIGHT.
First Last First Last
light light light light
inam. In pm. In am. In pm.
Jan. 31....6:04 7:28 July 30... 4:09 906
Mar. 2....5:38 7:52 Aug. 29....4:38 8:27
Apr. 1....4:29 8.15 Sep. 28....5:01 7:43
May 1....4:16 8:44 Oct. 28....5:23 7:08
May 31....3:47 9:10 Nov. 27....5:45 6:53
June 30....3:46 9:25 Dec. 27....6:05 7:02ECLIPSES, 1939.
In the year 1939 there will be four eclipses, two
of the sun and two of the moon, as follows:
April 19.-Annular eclipse of the sun, visible in
varying degree throughout the United States ex-
cept central and southern Florida.
May 3.-Total eclipse of the moon, not vis-
ible in the United States.
October 12.-Total eclipse of the sun, not vis-
ible in the United States.
October 28.-Partial eclipse of the moon, vis-
ible in varying degree throughout the United
States.
ANNIVERSARIES AND FESTIVALS, 1939.
*New Year's Day .............Sunday, Jan. 1
Epiphany .....................Friday, Jan. 6
*Robert E. Lee's Birthday.Thursday, Jan. 19
Septuagesima Sunday .......Sunday, Feb. 5
Lincoln's Birthday ........Sunday, Feb. 12
Quinquagesima (Shrove Sunday) .....
........................... Sunday, Feb. 19
*Washington's Birthday. .Wednesday, Feb. 22
*Arbor Day ...........Wednesday, Feb. 22
Ash Wednesday ......... Wednesday, Feb. 22
tTexas Independence Day. ......... .....
....................... Thursday, March 2
Palm Sunday ..............Sunday, April 2
First Day of Passover... Tuesday, April 4
Good Friday ............. Friday, April 7
Easter Sunday .............. Sunday, April 9
tSan Jacinto Day........... Friday, April 21
Rogation Sunday .........Sunday, May 14
Ascension Day .......... Thursday, May 18
Hebrew Pentecost (Shebuoth)............
.Wednesday, May 24
Pentecost (Whit Sunday) ...Sunday, May 28
Memorial Day ...........Tuesday, May 30
*Jefferson Davis' Birthday.........
........................ Saturday, June 3
Trinity Sunday .............Sunday, June 4
Corpus Christi ... ..Thursday, June 8
*Independence Day ........Tuesday, July 4
*Labor Day ............ Monday, Sept. 4
Hebrew New Year (Rosh Hashanah)
........................ Thursday, Sept. 14
Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur).. ...
........................ Saturday, Sept. 23
First Day of Feast of Tabernacles
(Succoth) ............ Thursday, Sept. 28
*Columbus Day .......... Thursday, Oct. 12
Election Day (Some States).............
.Tuesday, Nov. 7
*Armistice Day . ......... Saturday, Nov. 11
*Thanksgiving Day .......Thursday, Nov. 30
First Sunday in Advent .....Sunday, Dec. 3
*Christmas Day ........Monday, Dec. 25
In addition to days listed above, any day
proclaimed by the President or Governor is a
legal holiday.
*Legal holiday in Texas as well as certain
other states.
tLegal holiday in Texas only.
Texas Special Observance Days.
The Texas Legislature has set aside a num-
ber of "special observance days" with the
provision that they are not to be consid-
ered legal holidays. In some instances, how-
ever, they coincide with days otherwise desig-
nated as legal holidays. The following "spe-
cial observance days" on the 1939 Texans'
calendar are noteworthy:
Texas Flag Day........ Thursday, March 2
Sam Houston Day .....Thursday, March 2
Texas Week ........................
Sunday, Feb. 26, to Sat., March 4, inclusive.
Texas Pioneers' Day......Saturday, Aug. 12
Father-of-Texas Day (in honor of
Stephen F. Austin) ........Friday, Nov. 3
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