Solar eclipse of February 11, 1888

Solar eclipse of February 11, 1888
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Partial
Gamma -1.2684
Magnitude 0.5029
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates 70°42′S 35°42′W / 70.7°S 35.7°W / -70.7; -35.7
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 23:38:15
References
Saros 148 (14 of 75)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9252

A partial solar eclipse occurred on February 11, 1888 during summer. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth.

It was the first of three partial eclipses that took place that year,[1] the next was on July 9 in the same hemisphere. It was part of solar saros 148, the next eclipses of the cycle were on December 13, 1898, December 24, 1916 and January 5, 1935.[2]

Description

The eclipse took place in much of Antarctica with the exception of the northernmost areas that are south of Africa, the southernmost of the Indian Ocean, a part of the southern Pacific Ocean, most of Patagonia except for its northern boundary and the ice shelf portion of the Atlantic. The greatest eclipse was offshore in the bay or ice shelf at 70.7 S and 35.7 W at 23:38 UTC (9:38 PM local time.[1]

The rim of the eclipse included Chile's Puerto Montt.

It showed around 5% obscuration of the sun at Antarctica by the Indian Ocean, 10% in the south of Patagonia, 30% in the west of the peninsula and up to over 50% in the ice shelf. The center of the Moon's shadow was missed by about 1,400  km above the area (70.7 S) south of the Antarctic Circle.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Solar eclipse of February 11, 1888". NASA. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Solar Saros 148". NASA. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
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