Solar eclipse of December 12, 1871

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Solar eclipse of December 12, 1871
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Map
Type of eclipse
NatureTotal
Gamma 0.1836
Magnitude 1.0465
Maximum eclipse
Duration263 s (4 min 23 s)
Coordinates 12°42′S119°24′E / 12.7°S 119.4°E / -12.7; 119.4
Max. width of band157 km (98 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse4:03:38
References
Saros 130 (44 of 73)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9215

A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Tuesday, December 12, 1871, with a magnitude of 1.0465. 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 only about 10.5 hours before perigee (on December 12, 1871, at 14:40 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger. [1]

Contents

The path of totality was visible from parts of modern-day India, Indonesia, Australia, and the Solomon Islands. A partial solar eclipse was also visible for parts of the Middle East, Central Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia, and Oceania.

Observations

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Eclipse details

Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse. [2]

December 12, 1871 Solar Eclipse Times
EventTime (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact1871 December 12 at 01:26:08.7 UTC
First Umbral External Contact1871 December 12 at 02:21:32.0 UTC
First Central Line1871 December 12 at 02:22:19.2 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact1871 December 12 at 02:23:06.3 UTC
First Penumbral Internal Contact1871 December 12 at 03:20:05.5 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction1871 December 12 at 04:00:15.7 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction1871 December 12 at 04:01:45.0 UTC
Greatest Eclipse1871 December 12 at 04:03:38.0 UTC
Greatest Duration1871 December 12 at 04:07:16.3 UTC
Last Penumbral Internal Contact1871 December 12 at 04:47:15.4 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact1871 December 12 at 05:44:11.2 UTC
Last Central Line1871 December 12 at 05:44:58.8 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact1871 December 12 at 05:45:46.5 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact1871 December 12 at 06:41:07.5 UTC
December 12, 1871 Solar Eclipse Parameters
ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude1.04651
Eclipse Obscuration1.09519
Gamma0.18356
Sun Right Ascension17h15m20.1s
Sun Declination-23°03'31.7"
Sun Semi-Diameter16'14.9"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.9"
Moon Right Ascension17h15m28.6s
Moon Declination-22°52'28.0"
Moon Semi-Diameter16'43.2"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax1°01'21.7"
ΔT-1.0 s

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.

Eclipse season of December 1871
December 12
Descending node (new moon)
December 26
Ascending node (full moon)
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Total solar eclipse
Solar Saros 130
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 142

Eclipses in 1871

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 130

Inex

Triad

Solar eclipses of 1870–1873

This eclipse is a member of a semester series . An eclipse in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit. [3]

The partial solar eclipses on January 31, 1870 and July 28, 1870 occurs in the previous lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1870 to 1873
Ascending node Descending node
SarosMapGammaSarosMapGamma
115June 28, 1870
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Partial
−1.1949120 December 22, 1870
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Total
0.8585
125June 18, 1871
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Annular
−0.4550130 December 12, 1871
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Total
0.1836
135June 6, 1872
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Annular
0.3095140November 30, 1872
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Hybrid
−0.5081
145May 26, 1873
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Partial
1.0513150 November 20, 1873
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Partial
−1.2625

Saros 130

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 130, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 73 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on August 20, 1096. It contains total eclipses from April 5, 1475 through July 18, 2232. There are no annular or hybrid eclipses in this set. The series ends at member 73 as a partial eclipse on October 25, 2394. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.

The longest duration of totality was produced by member 30 at 6 minutes, 41 seconds on July 11, 1619. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit. [4]

Series members 41–62 occur between 1801 and 2200:
414243
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November 9, 1817
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November 20, 1835
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November 30, 1853
444546
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December 12, 1871
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December 22, 1889
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January 3, 1908
474849
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January 14, 1926
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January 25, 1944
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February 5, 1962
505152
SE1980Feb16T.png
February 16, 1980
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February 26, 1998
SE2016Mar09T.png
March 9, 2016
535455
SE2034Mar20T.png
March 20, 2034
SE2052Mar30T.png
March 30, 2052
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April 11, 2070
565758
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April 21, 2088
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May 3, 2106
SE2124May14T.png
May 14, 2124
596061
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May 25, 2142
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June 4, 2160
SE2178Jun16T.png
June 16, 2178
62
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June 26, 2196

Metonic series

The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's descending node.

22 eclipse events between February 23, 1830 and July 19, 1917
February 22–23December 11–12September 29–30July 18–19May 6–7
108110112114116
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February 23, 1830
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July 18, 1841
Saros116 63van70 SE1845May06A.jpg
May 6, 1845
118120122124126
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February 23, 1849
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December 11, 1852
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September 29, 1856
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July 18, 1860
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May 6, 1864
128130132134136
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February 23, 1868
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December 12, 1871
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September 29, 1875
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July 19, 1879
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May 6, 1883
138140142144146
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February 22, 1887
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December 12, 1890
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September 29, 1894
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July 18, 1898
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May 7, 1902
148150152154
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February 23, 1906
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December 12, 1909
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September 30, 1913
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July 19, 1917

Tritos series

This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Series members between 1801 and 2200
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June 16, 1806
(Saros 124)
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May 16, 1817
(Saros 125)
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April 14, 1828
(Saros 126)
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March 15, 1839
(Saros 127)
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February 12, 1850
(Saros 128)
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January 11, 1861
(Saros 129)
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December 12, 1871
(Saros 130)
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November 10, 1882
(Saros 131)
SE1893Oct09A.gif
October 9, 1893
(Saros 132)
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September 9, 1904
(Saros 133)
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August 10, 1915
(Saros 134)
SE1926Jul09A.png
July 9, 1926
(Saros 135)
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June 8, 1937
(Saros 136)
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May 9, 1948
(Saros 137)
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April 8, 1959
(Saros 138)
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March 7, 1970
(Saros 139)
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February 4, 1981
(Saros 140)
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January 4, 1992
(Saros 141)
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December 4, 2002
(Saros 142)
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November 3, 2013
(Saros 143)
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October 2, 2024
(Saros 144)
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September 2, 2035
(Saros 145)
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August 2, 2046
(Saros 146)
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July 1, 2057
(Saros 147)
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May 31, 2068
(Saros 148)
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May 1, 2079
(Saros 149)
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March 31, 2090
(Saros 150)
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February 28, 2101
(Saros 151)
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January 29, 2112
(Saros 152)
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December 28, 2122
(Saros 153)
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November 26, 2133
(Saros 154)
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October 26, 2144
(Saros 155)
Saros156 09van69 SE2155Sep26A.jpg
September 26, 2155
(Saros 156)
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August 25, 2166
(Saros 157)
Saros158 07van70 SE2177Jul25P.jpg
July 25, 2177
(Saros 158)
Saros159 04van70 SE2188Jun24P.jpg
June 24, 2188
(Saros 159)
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May 24, 2199
(Saros 160)

Inex series

This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Series members between 1801 and 2200
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January 21, 1814
(Saros 128)
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December 31, 1842
(Saros 129)
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December 12, 1871
(Saros 130)
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November 22, 1900
(Saros 131)
SE1929Nov01A.png
November 1, 1929
(Saros 132)
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October 12, 1958
(Saros 133)
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September 23, 1987
(Saros 134)
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September 1, 2016
(Saros 135)
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August 12, 2045
(Saros 136)
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July 24, 2074
(Saros 137)
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July 4, 2103
(Saros 138)
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June 13, 2132
(Saros 139)
SE2161May25A.png
May 25, 2161
(Saros 140)
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May 4, 2190
(Saros 141)

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