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Solar eclipse of June 26, 1824

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Solar eclipse of June 26, 1824
Map
Type of eclipse
NatureTotal
Gamma0.396
Magnitude1.0578
Maximum eclipse
Duration271 s (4 min 31 s)
Coordinates46°36′N 171°24′W / 46.6°N 171.4°W / 46.6; -171.4
Max. width of band207 km (129 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse23:46:33
References
Saros124 (44 of 73)
Catalog # (SE5000)9101

A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit between Saturday, June 26 and Sunday, June 27, 1824, with a magnitude of 1.0578. 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 1.9 days before perigee (on June 28, 1824, at 20:40 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.[1]

The path of totality was visible from parts of modern-day China, South Korea, North Korea, and Japan. A partial solar eclipse was also visible for parts of East Asia, Southeast Asia, Hawaii, and North America.

Eclipse details

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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]

June 26, 1824 Solar Eclipse Times
Event Time (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact 1824 June 26 at 21:10:52.2 UTC
First Umbral External Contact 1824 June 26 at 22:09:02.7 UTC
First Central Line 1824 June 26 at 22:10:15.5 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact 1824 June 26 at 22:11:28.4 UTC
First Penumbral Internal Contact 1824 June 26 at 23:21:31.6 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction 1824 June 26 at 23:40:46.7 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction 1824 June 26 at 23:42:26.0 UTC
Greatest Duration 1824 June 26 at 23:45:35.5 UTC
Greatest Eclipse 1824 June 26 at 23:46:32.7 UTC
Last Penumbral Internal Contact 1824 June 27 at 00:11:43.0 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact 1824 June 27 at 01:21:38.6 UTC
Last Central Line 1824 June 27 at 01:22:53.3 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact 1824 June 27 at 01:24:08.0 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact 1824 June 27 at 02:22:11.6 UTC
June 26, 1824 Solar Eclipse Parameters
Parameter Value
Eclipse Magnitude 1.05776
Eclipse Obscuration 1.11885
Gamma 0.39597
Sun Right Ascension 06h22m39.4s
Sun Declination +23°21'36.2"
Sun Semi-Diameter 15'43.8"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.6"
Moon Right Ascension 06h22m53.7s
Moon Declination +23°45'07.9"
Moon Semi-Diameter 16'23.1"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 1°00'08.1"
ΔT 10.0 s

Eclipse season

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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 June–July 1824
June 26
Descending node (new moon)
July 11
Ascending node (full moon)
Total solar eclipse
Solar Saros 124
Partial lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 136
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Eclipses in 1824

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Metonic

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Tzolkinex

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Half-Saros

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Tritos

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Solar Saros 124

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Inex

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Triad

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Solar eclipses of 1823–1826

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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 11, 1823 and August 6, 1823 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set, and the partial solar eclipse on October 31, 1826 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1823 to 1826
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
109 January 12, 1823

Partial
−1.5413 114 July 8, 1823

Partial
1.1182
119 January 1, 1824

Annular
−0.8821 124 June 26, 1824

Total
0.3960
129 December 20, 1824

Annular
−0.1685 134 June 16, 1825

Hybrid
−0.3812
139 December 9, 1825

Hybrid
0.5296 144 June 5, 1826

Partial
−1.1887
149 November 29, 1826

Partial
1.1764

Saros 124

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This eclipse is a part of Saros series 124, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 73 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on March 6, 1049. It contains total eclipses from June 12, 1211 through September 22, 1968, and a hybrid eclipse on October 3, 1986. There are no annular eclipses in this set. The series ends at member 73 as a partial eclipse on May 11, 2347. 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 39 at 5 minutes, 46 seconds on May 3, 1734. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.[4]

Series members 43–64 occur between 1801 and 2200:
43 44 45

June 16, 1806

June 26, 1824

July 8, 1842
46 47 48

July 18, 1860

July 29, 1878

August 9, 1896
49 50 51

August 21, 1914

August 31, 1932

September 12, 1950
52 53 54

September 22, 1968

October 3, 1986

October 14, 2004
55 56 57

October 25, 2022

November 4, 2040

November 16, 2058
58 59 60

November 26, 2076

December 7, 2094

December 19, 2112
61 62 63

December 30, 2130

January 9, 2149

January 21, 2167
64

January 31, 2185

Metonic series

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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 7–8 June 26–27 April 14–15 January 31–February 1 November 19–20
112 114 116 118 120

September 8, 1801

June 26, 1805

April 14, 1809

February 1, 1813

November 19, 1816
122 124 126 128 130

September 7, 1820

June 26, 1824

April 14, 1828

February 1, 1832

November 20, 1835
132 134 136 138 140

September 7, 1839

June 27, 1843

April 15, 1847

February 1, 1851

November 20, 1854
142 144 146 148 150

September 7, 1858

June 27, 1862

April 15, 1866

January 31, 1870

November 20, 1873
152

September 7, 1877

Tritos series

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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

August 28, 1802
(Saros 122)

July 27, 1813
(Saros 123)

June 26, 1824
(Saros 124)

May 27, 1835
(Saros 125)

April 25, 1846
(Saros 126)

March 25, 1857
(Saros 127)

February 23, 1868
(Saros 128)

January 22, 1879
(Saros 129)

December 22, 1889
(Saros 130)

November 22, 1900
(Saros 131)

October 22, 1911
(Saros 132)

September 21, 1922
(Saros 133)

August 21, 1933
(Saros 134)

July 20, 1944
(Saros 135)

June 20, 1955
(Saros 136)

May 20, 1966
(Saros 137)

April 18, 1977
(Saros 138)

March 18, 1988
(Saros 139)

February 16, 1999
(Saros 140)

January 15, 2010
(Saros 141)

December 14, 2020
(Saros 142)

November 14, 2031
(Saros 143)

October 14, 2042
(Saros 144)

September 12, 2053
(Saros 145)

August 12, 2064
(Saros 146)

July 13, 2075
(Saros 147)

June 11, 2086
(Saros 148)

May 11, 2097
(Saros 149)

April 11, 2108
(Saros 150)

March 11, 2119
(Saros 151)

February 8, 2130
(Saros 152)

January 8, 2141
(Saros 153)

December 8, 2151
(Saros 154)

November 7, 2162
(Saros 155)

October 7, 2173
(Saros 156)

September 4, 2184
(Saros 157)

August 5, 2195
(Saros 158)

Inex series

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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

June 26, 1824
(Saros 124)

June 6, 1853
(Saros 125)

May 17, 1882
(Saros 126)

April 28, 1911
(Saros 127)

April 7, 1940
(Saros 128)

March 18, 1969
(Saros 129)

February 26, 1998
(Saros 130)

February 6, 2027
(Saros 131)

January 16, 2056
(Saros 132)

December 27, 2084
(Saros 133)

December 8, 2113
(Saros 134)

November 17, 2142
(Saros 135)

October 29, 2171
(Saros 136)

October 9, 2200
(Saros 137)

References

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  1. ^ "Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England". timeanddate. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Total Solar Eclipse of 1824 Jun 26". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 22 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 124". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.