Solar eclipse of January 1, 1889 | |
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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 |
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.
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