Solar eclipse of November 19, 1816
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A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Tuesday, November 19, 1816, with a magnitude of 1.0233. 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 1.7 days before perigee (on November 17, 1816, at 17:10 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.[1]

The path of totality was visible from parts of modern-day Norway, Sweden, Poland, western Ukraine, Romania, Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, northern India, and western China. A partial solar eclipse was also visible for parts of Europe, North Africa, Northeast Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, and South Asia.

Observations

From Germany, this total eclipse could not be seen with clouded sky except by few observers at Pomerania only.[2]

Capel Lofft observed this eclipse from Ipswich.[3]

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.[4]

November 19, 1816 Solar Eclipse Times
EventTime (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact1816 November 19 at 08:01:46.3 UTC
First Umbral External Contact1816 November 19 at 09:20:18.4 UTC
First Central Line1816 November 19 at 09:21:02.3 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact1816 November 19 at 09:21:46.7 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction1816 November 19 at 09:47:11.3 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction1816 November 19 at 10:08:45.7 UTC
Greatest Eclipse1816 November 19 at 10:17:22.4 UTC
Greatest Duration1816 November 19 at 10:17:35.6 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact1816 November 19 at 11:13:19.6 UTC
Last Central Line1816 November 19 at 11:14:01.9 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact1816 November 19 at 11:14:43.9 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact1816 November 19 at 12:33:14.9 UTC
November 19, 1816 Solar Eclipse Parameters
ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude1.02326
Eclipse Obscuration1.04707
Gamma0.84075
Sun Right Ascension15h38m54.9s
Sun Declination-19°30'48.2"
Sun Semi-Diameter16'11.7"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.9"
Moon Right Ascension15h40m03.9s
Moon Declination-18°42'56.6"
Moon Semi-Diameter16'25.6"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax1°00'17.2"
ΔT12.2 s

Eclipse season

See also: Eclipse cycle

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 November–December 1816
November 19
Descending node (new moon)
December 4
Ascending node (full moon)
Total solar eclipse
Solar Saros 120		Partial lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 132

Eclipses in 1816

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 120

Inex

Triad

Solar eclipses of 1816–1819

The partial solar eclipses on March 25, 1819 and September 19, 1819 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1816 to 1819
Ascending node Descending node
SarosMapGammaSarosMapGamma
115May 27, 1816

Annular		−0.9492120November 19, 1816

Total		0.8408
125May 16, 1817

Annular		−0.2049130November 9, 1817

Total		0.1487
135May 5, 1818

Annular		0.5440140October 29, 1818

Total		−0.5524
145April 24, 1819

Partial		1.2579150October 19, 1819

Partial		−1.3226

Metonic series

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

September 8, 1801
June 26, 1805
April 14, 1809
February 1, 1813
November 19, 1816
122124126128130

September 7, 1820
June 26, 1824
April 14, 1828
February 1, 1832
November 20, 1835
132134136138140

September 7, 1839
June 27, 1843
April 15, 1847
February 1, 1851
November 20, 1854
142144146148150

September 7, 1858
June 27, 1862
April 15, 1866
January 31, 1870
November 20, 1873
152

September 7, 1877

Notes

  1. ^ "Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England". timeanddate. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  2. ^ ON THE ECLIPSES AND OCCULTATIONS SEEN IN GERMANY IN THE PAST
  3. ^ Blake, William (1796). "The Monthly magazine. v.42 (1816). - Full View | HathiTrust Digital Library | HathiTrust Digital Library". Monthly Magazine and Critical Register of Books. Retrieved 2017-07-04.
  4. ^ "Total Solar Eclipse of 1816 Nov 19". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 22 September 2024.

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