Solar eclipse of January 1, 1889

Solar eclipse of January 1, 1889
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Total
Gamma	0.8603
Magnitude	1.0262
Maximum eclipse
Duration	137 s (2 min 17 s)
Coordinates	36°42′N 137°36′W / 36.7°N 137.6°W / 36.7; -137.6
Max. width of band	175 km (109 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	21:16:50
References
Saros	120 (54 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9255

A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Tuesday, January 1, 1889, with a magnitude of 1.0262. 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 total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 1.25 days after perigee (on December 31, 1888, at 15:10 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.^[1]

The path of totality was visible from parts of the modern-day Aleutian Islands of Alaska, California, Nevada, extreme southeastern Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, and North Dakota in the United States and south-central Canada. A partial solar eclipse was also visible for much of North America, Hawaii, and the western Caribbean.