Solar eclipse of September 7, 1858

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Solar eclipse of September 7, 1858
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Map
Type of eclipse
NatureTotal
Gamma −0.5609
Magnitude 1.021
Maximum eclipse
Duration110 s (1 min 50 s)
Coordinates 23°54′S49°48′W / 23.9°S 49.8°W / -23.9; -49.8
Max. width of band85 km (53 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse14:09:29
References
Saros 142 (14 of 72)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9182

A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Tuesday, September 7, 1858, with a magnitude of 1.0210. 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 2.5 days after perigee (on September 4, 1858, at 2:10 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger. [1]

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The path of totality was visible from parts of modern-day Peru, Brazil, and northern Bolivia. A partial solar eclipse was also visible for parts of Central America, the Caribbean, South America, Antarctica, and Southern Africa.

Observations

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Emmanuel Liais from Brazil

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]

September 7, 1858 Solar Eclipse Times
EventTime (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact1858 September 07 at 11:34:17.6 UTC
First Umbral External Contact1858 September 07 at 12:39:54.7 UTC
First Central Line1858 September 07 at 12:40:10.2 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact1858 September 07 at 12:40:25.7 UTC
Greatest Duration1858 September 07 at 14:05:24.4 UTC
Greatest Eclipse1858 September 07 at 14:09:28.7 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction1858 September 07 at 14:15:28.9 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction1858 September 07 at 14:42:09.6 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact1858 September 07 at 15:38:14.5 UTC
Last Central Line1858 September 07 at 15:38:27.4 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact1858 September 07 at 15:38:40.2 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact1858 September 07 at 16:44:32.4 UTC
September 7, 1858 Solar Eclipse Parameters
ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude1.02096
Eclipse Obscuration1.04236
Gamma−0.56091
Sun Right Ascension11h03m21.8s
Sun Declination+06°03'35.0"
Sun Semi-Diameter15'52.9"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.7"
Moon Right Ascension11h02m19.1s
Moon Declination+05°34'40.7"
Moon Semi-Diameter15'59.8"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax0°58'42.5"
ΔT7.1 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 August–September 1858
August 24
Ascending node (full moon)
 September 7
Descending node (new moon)
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Partial lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 116		 Total solar eclipse
Solar Saros 142

Eclipses in 1858

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 142

Inex

Triad

Solar eclipses of 1856–1859

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 February 3, 1859 and July 29, 1859 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1856 to 1859
Ascending node Descending node
SarosMapGammaSarosMapGamma
117April 5, 1856
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Total		−0.7906122September 29, 1856
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Annular		0.9420
127 March 25, 1857
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Total		−0.0892132September 18, 1857
SE1857Sep18A.gif
Annular		0.1912
137March 15, 1858
SE1858Mar15A.gif
Annular		0.6461142 September 7, 1858
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Total		−0.5609
147March 4, 1859
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Partial		1.4192152August 28, 1859
SE1859Aug28P.gif
Partial		−1.2569

Saros 142

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 142, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 72 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on April 17, 1624. It contains a hybrid eclipse on July 14, 1768, and total eclipses from July 25, 1786 through October 29, 2543. There are no annular eclipses in this set. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on June 5, 2904. 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 will be produced by member 38 at 6 minutes, 34 seconds on May 28, 2291. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit. [4]

Series members 11–32 occur between 1801 and 2200:
111213
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August 5, 1804		 SE1822Aug16T.png
August 16, 1822		 SE1840Aug27T.png
August 27, 1840
141516
SE1858Sep07T.png
September 7, 1858 		SE1876Sep17T.png
September 17, 1876		 SE1894Sep29T.png
September 29, 1894
171819
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October 10, 1912 		SE1930Oct21T.png
October 21, 1930 		SE1948Nov01T.png
November 1, 1948
202122
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November 12, 1966 		SE1984Nov22T.png
November 22, 1984 		SE2002Dec04T.png
December 4, 2002
232425
SE2020Dec14T.png
December 14, 2020 		SE2038Dec26T.png
December 26, 2038 		SE2057Jan05T.png
January 5, 2057
262728
SE2075Jan16T.png
January 16, 2075 		SE2093Jan27T.png
January 27, 2093 		SE2111Feb08T.png
February 8, 2111
293031
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February 18, 2129		 SE2147Mar02T.png
March 2, 2147		 SE2165Mar12T.png
March 12, 2165
32
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March 23, 2183

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 September 8, 1801 and September 7, 1877
September 7–8June 26–27April 14–15January 31–February 1November 19–20
112114116118120
SE1801Sep08P.png
September 8, 1801 		SE1805Jun26P.gif
June 26, 1805		 SE1809Apr14A.gif
April 14, 1809		 SE1813Feb01A.gif
February 1, 1813		 SE1816Nov19T.png
November 19, 1816
122124126128130
SE1820Sep07A.png
September 7, 1820 		SE1824Jun26T.png
June 26, 1824 		Saros126 37van72 SE1828Apr14H.jpg
April 14, 1828		 SE1832Feb01A.gif
February 1, 1832		 SE1835Nov20T.gif
November 20, 1835
132134136138140
SE1839Sep07A.png
September 7, 1839		 SE1843Jun27H.gif
June 27, 1843		 SE1847Apr15T.gif
April 15, 1847		 SE1851Feb01A.gif
February 1, 1851		 SE1854Nov20H.png
November 20, 1854
142144146148150
SE1858Sep07T.png
September 7, 1858 		SE1862Jun27P.gif
June 27, 1862		 SE1866Apr15P.gif
April 15, 1866		 SE1870Jan31P.gif
January 31, 1870		 SE1873Nov20P.png
November 20, 1873
152
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September 7, 1877

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.

The partial solar eclipse on October 24, 2098 (part of Saros 164) is also a part of this series but is not included in the table below.

Series members between 1801 and 2011
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February 11, 1804
(Saros 137)		 SE1815Jan10A.png
January 10, 1815
(Saros 138)		 SE1825Dec09H.png
December 9, 1825
(Saros 139)		 SE1836Nov09T.png
November 9, 1836
(Saros 140)		 SE1847Oct09A.png
October 9, 1847
(Saros 141)
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September 7, 1858
(Saros 142)		 SE1869Aug07T.png
August 7, 1869
(Saros 143)		 SE1880Jul07A.png
July 7, 1880
(Saros 144)		 SE1891Jun06A.png
June 6, 1891
(Saros 145)		 SE1902May07P.png
May 7, 1902
(Saros 146)
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April 6, 1913
(Saros 147)		 SE1924Mar05P.png
March 5, 1924
(Saros 148)		 SE1935Feb03P.png
February 3, 1935
(Saros 149)		 SE1946Jan03P.png
January 3, 1946
(Saros 150)		 SE1956Dec02P.png
December 2, 1956
(Saros 151)
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November 2, 1967
(Saros 152)		 SE1978Oct02P.png
October 2, 1978
(Saros 153)		 SE1989Aug31P.png
August 31, 1989
(Saros 154)		 SE2000Jul31P.png
July 31, 2000
(Saros 155)		 SE2011Jul01P.png
July 1, 2011
(Saros 156)

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
SE1829Sep28A.gif
September 28, 1829
(Saros 141)		 SE1858Sep07T.png
September 7, 1858
(Saros 142)		 SE1887Aug19T.png
August 19, 1887
(Saros 143)
SE1916Jul30A.png
July 30, 1916
(Saros 144)		 SE1945Jul09T.png
July 9, 1945
(Saros 145)		 SE1974Jun20T.png
June 20, 1974
(Saros 146)
SE2003May31A.png
May 31, 2003
(Saros 147)		 SE2032May09A.png
May 9, 2032
(Saros 148)		 SE2061Apr20T.png
April 20, 2061
(Saros 149)
SE2090Mar31P.png
March 31, 2090
(Saros 150)		 Saros151 20van72 SE2119Mar11A.jpg
March 11, 2119
(Saros 151)		 Saros152 20van70 SE2148Feb19T.jpg
February 19, 2148
(Saros 152)
Saros153 18van70 SE2177Jan29A.jpg
January 29, 2177
(Saros 153)

Notes

  1. ↑ "Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England". timeanddate. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  2. ↑ "Total Solar Eclipse of 1858 Sep 07". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  3. ↑ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  4. ↑ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 142". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.

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