Solar eclipse of December 22, 1889
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| Solar eclipse of December 22, 1889 | |
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Total |
| Gamma | 0.1888 |
| Magnitude | 1.0449 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 258 sec (4 m 18 s) |
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| Max. width of band | 152 km (94 mi) |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 12:54:15 |
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| Saros | 130 (45 of 73) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9257 |
A total solar eclipse occurred on December 22, 1889. 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. It was visible from Cuba, to the coast of Brazil, and across southern Africa.
Observations
Related eclipses
It is a member of solar Saros 130.
References
- NASA graphic
- Sketchs of Solar Corona December 22, 1889
- Eclipse of December 21, 1889 (Cayenne). Contact print from the original glass negative. Lick Observatory Plate Archive, Mt. Hamilton.
- On Board the Pensacola--The Eclipse Expedition to the West Coast of Africa by Albert Bergman (A Man Before the Mast), New York, 1890
- Total Eclipses of the Sun, By Mabel Loomis Todd, 1894, new and revised edition by David P. Todd, 1900. [1]
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