25 SEPTEMBER 1909, Page 19

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—I believe it is

possible to see the old moon rising shortly before the sun one morning, and to see the new moon setting shortly after the sun on the evening of the following day. Indeed, this is, to the best of my recollection, my personal experience in Karachi, Sind, the conjunction occurring near the intermediate midnight. If Mr. Whitworth is not pre- pared to place implicit confidence in the accuracy of my memory, then perhaps he would kindly consider the alterna- tive solution,—namely, when the conjunction occurs during the daytime and results in an eclipse of the sun.—I am,