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This small, useful booklet contains general interest material preprinted
from The Astronomical Almanac.
It is published jointly by The U.S. Naval
Observatory and Her
Majesty's Nautical Almanac Office two years in advance of its date.
It includes such things as:
- dates for Solar equinoxes, solstices, phases of the Moon
- eclipse maps
- dates for various planetary phenomena
- visibility and magnitudes of the planets
- dates for some religious and civil holidays
- chronological eras and cycles
- the equation of time and declination of the Sun
- sunrise/set, moonrise/set times
- the position of Polaris.
- Ordering Information contains instructions on how to order Astronomical Phenomena.
- The Depository Libraries around the United States retain a reference copy for each year of publication.
