Solar eclipse of December 22, 1870
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| Solar eclipse of December 22, 1870 | |
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Total |
| Gamma | 0.8585 |
| Magnitude | 1.0248 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 2m 11s |
| Coordinates | 35.7N 1.5W |
| Max. width of band | 165 km |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 12:27:33 |
| References | |
| Saros | 120 (53 of 71) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9213 |
A total solar eclipse occurred on December 22, 1870. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partially 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, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across the surface of the Earth, while a partial solar eclipse will be visible over a region thousands of kilometres wide.
Totality was visible from southern Portugal and Spain, across northern Algeria, then crossing Sicily, Greece, Bulgaria, and ending in Ukraine.
Observations [edit]
From Syracuse by Captain G. I. Tupman, R.M.A.
Related eclipses [edit]
It is a part of solar Saros 120.
References [edit]
- NASA chart graphics
- Googlemap
- NASA Besselian elements
- Total eclipses of the Sun By Mabel Loomis Todd, 1900
- Reports on observations of the total solar eclipse of December 22, 1870 By United States Naval Observatory, Simon Newcomb, Asaph Hall, William Harkness, John Robie Eastman
- Solar Eclipse seen from Jerez in 1870
- The sun was crowned in Jerez
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