Solar eclipse of December 12, 1871

Solar eclipse of December 12, 1871
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Total
Gamma	0.1836
Magnitude	1.0465
Maximum eclipse
Duration	263 sec (4 m 23 s)
Coordinates	12°42′S 119°24′E / 12.7°S 119.4°E
Max. width of band	157 km (98 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	4:03:38
References
Saros	130 (44 of 73)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9215

A total solar eclipse occurred on December 12, 1871. 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.

Observations

Related eclipses

Saros 130

It is a part of Saros cycle 130, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 73 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on August 20, 1096. It contains total eclipses from April 5, 1475 through July 18, 2232. The series ends at member 73 as a partial eclipse on October 25, 2394. The longest duration of totality was 6 minutes, 41 seconds on July 11, 1619.^[1]

Series members 43–56 between 1853 and 2100
43	44	45
November 30, 1853	December 12, 1871	December 22, 1889
46	47	48
January 3, 1908	January 14, 1926	January 25, 1944
49	50	51
February 5, 1962	February 16, 1980	February 26, 1998
52	53	54
March 9, 2016	March 20, 2034	March 30, 2052
55	56
April 11, 2070	April 21, 2088

References

1. "Saros Series catalog of solar eclipses". NASA.

• NASA chart graphics
  • Googlemap
  • NASA Besselian elements
• Sketch of Solar Corona 1871 December 12
• Total Eclipses of the Sun by Mabel Loomis Todd, 1900