Solar eclipse of January 23, 1860

Solar eclipse of January 23, 1860
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Annular
Gamma -0.8969
Magnitude 0.9168
Maximum eclipse
Duration 367 sec (6 m 7 s)
Coordinates 71°48′S 117°12′W / 71.8°S 117.2°W / -71.8; -117.2
Max. width of band 719 km (447 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 0:27:31
References
Saros 119 (57 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9187

An annular solar eclipse occurred on November 9, 1855 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide.

Description

The eclipse was visible in much of the South Island and the southernmost portion of North Island around Wellington in New Zealand, it was also visible in all of Antarctica (much of the areas had a 24-hour daylight), South America's Patagonia and Oceanian islands such as Macquarrie, Chatham, Antipodes, Tahiti and Tuamotu[1] It was part of solar saros 119.[2]

On the other side as the Moon from the Earth headed towards the left at New Zealand, as the umbral path was outside the South Pole and over the Prime Meridian to the Peninsula, the Moon from the Earth was seen as it was going on bottom, then on the right and on top in the peninsular portion though the Earth rotates to the east as it was north of the South Pole at the Prime Meridian, the rest of the world saw the Moon from the Earth headed towards the left.

The umbral portion was 719 km (449 mi) long and started in Northern Antarctica from east of the Prime Meridian to the 40th meridian east all the way to the west of its peninsula and was shown up to 91% obscuration of the sun. The greatest occurred within the Pacific in Peninsular Antarctica at 71.8 N & 117.2 W at 0:27 UTC (4:27 PM local time on January 22) and lasted for over 6 minutes.[1]

The eclipse showed up to 50% obscuration off the coast of Antarctica in the area separating the Indian and the Pacific Oceans.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Solar eclipse of January 23, 1860". NASA. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Solar Saros 119". NASA. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
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