Solar eclipse of August 7, 1812

A partial solar eclipse occurred on August 7, 1812 during winter. 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.

Solar eclipse of August 7, 1812
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma-1.4205
Magnitude0.2343
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates70°S 67°E
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse5:15:50
References
Saros113 (69 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)9072

It was one of four partial eclipses that took place that year, each two in two months, the last one was on March 13 in the same hemisphere, the next one was on September 12 and covered a part of the Northern Hemisphere mainly North America.[1] A part of the eclipse occurred in a smaller area where the previous partial eclipse happened. It was the last three of solar saros 113, the next two were on August 18, 1830 and on August 28, 1848.[2]

The eclipse was visible over a part of the southern part of the Indian Ocean, south of the islands of Kergueren and New Amsterdam and in northern Antarctica particularly the northeastern part.

The eclipse started at sunrise at about 40% of the way between Africa and Antarctica and ended at sunset in northeastern Antarctica.

It showed about up to 10% obscurity in one part of the Indian Ocean, and up to 30% obscurity of the sun in Antarctica. The greatest eclipse was in the southwest portion of Indian Ocean just north of Antarctica.[1]

See also

References
  1. "Solar eclipse of August 7, 1812". NASA. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  2. "Solar Saros 113". NASA. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
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