Download or read book Astronomical Phenomena for the Year 2004 written by Barry Leonard and published by . This book was released on 2001-01 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chapters: seasons, moon phases, eclipses & transit of Venus; occultations, perigee & apogee of the moon; geocentric & heliocentric planetary phenomena; visibility of the planets; times of meridian passages & elongations & magnitudes of the planets; diary of configurations of the sun, moon & planets; perihelion passages of comets; chronological cycles & eras; religious & civil holidays; Gregorian calendar & Julian day numbers; mean sidereal time; sun: equation of time & declination; circumpolar stars; international time zones; explanation of rising & setting tables; sunrise & sunset tables; moonrise & moonset tables; & eclipses.