THE AMERICAN ALMANAC, FOR THE YEAR 1851, Being the latter part of the 75th, and the beginning of the 76th year of the Independence of the United States of America; the 6564th year of the Julian Period; the latter part of the 5611th, and the beginning of the 5612th the 2598th year since the era of Nabonassar, which has been as- I. CALENDAR AND CELESTIAL PHENOMENA FOR THE YEAR. SIGNS OF THE PLANETS, &c. 6 Conjunction, or having the same Longitude or Right Ascension. Quadrature, or differing 90° in 8 Opposition, or differing 180° in The ascending, & the descending node. แ 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. Lunar Cycle, or Golden Number, 9 Julian Period, north of Equator, (Spring and Summer,) 186 10 55 35 66 south of 66 (Winter and Autumn,) 178 18 51 38 Length of the tropical year, commencing at the winter solstice, 1850, and terminating 365 5 47 13 at the winter solstice, 1851, . Mean or average length of the tropical year, 365 5 48 48 [The anniversaries marked with an asterisk (*) are to be strictly observed.] 16th, *Second Feast, or Morrow of the Passover, April 18, " 66 66 21st, *Seventh Feast, April 23, " 66 22d, *End of the Passover, . April 24, " May 3, " 66 "18th, Lag Beomer, "Sivan begins, 66 "7th, *Second Feast, "Thammus begins, 66 17th, Fast for the taking of the Temple,. July 17, " "2d, *Second Feast for the New Year, June 7, " 66 10th, *Fast of the Reconciliation or Atonement, Sept. 27, " |