February 1909 ECLIPSES FOR THE YEAR. In the year 1909 there will be four Eclipses, two of the Sun and two of the Moon. I. A Total Eclipse of the Moon, June 3. Visible to South America and Africa, and in part to North America, Europe, and southwestern Asia. Occurring as follows : First contact of shadow, 55 degrees from the south point of the Moons limb toward the East. Magnitude of Eclipse : 1.164 (Moons diameter : 1). II. A Total Eclipse of the Sun, June 17. Visible to North America as far south as a line drawn from San Francisco to the mouth of the Rio Grande River, and the northern and eastern portions of Asia. Occurring as a partial Eclipse as follows : III. A Total Eclipse of the Moon, November 27. Visible to North America and the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and in part to South America, the extreme western portions of Europe and Africa, and the eastern portions of Asia and Australia. Occurring as follows ; First contact of shadow, 58 degrees from the north point of the Moons limb toward the East. Magnitude of Eclipse: 1.372 (Moons diameter: 1). IV. A Partial Eclipse of the Sun, December 12-13. Invisible to the United States. Visible to the extreme south-eastern tip of Australia, the southern portion of New Zealand, and the South Polar regions.