Solar eclipse of August 29, 1886

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Solar eclipse". A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Sunday, August 29, 1886, with a magnitude of 1.0735. 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 4 hours after perigee (on August 29, 1886, at 8:55 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.[1]

The path of totality was visible from parts of modern-day Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Grenada, Tobago, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and Madagascar. A partial solar eclipse was also visible for parts of eastern North America, Central America, the Caribbean, northern South America, and Africa.

Observations

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A team of astronomers travelled to the island of Grenada in the Caribbean to observe this eclipse. Their observation station was placed in Fort St. George.[2]

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.[3]

August 29, 1886 Solar Eclipse Times
Event Time (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact 1886 August 29 at 10:18:21.0 UTC
First Umbral External Contact 1886 August 29 at 11:11:44.6 UTC
First Central Line 1886 August 29 at 11:13:12.5 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact 1886 August 29 at 11:14:40.4 UTC
First Penumbral Internal Contact 1886 August 29 at 12:08:31.9 UTC
Greatest Duration 1886 August 29 at 12:52:24.8 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction 1886 August 29 at 12:54:18.0 UTC
Greatest Eclipse 1887 August 29 at 12:55:22.7 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction 1886 August 29 at 12:58:29.5 UTC
Last Penumbral Internal Contact 1886 August 29 at 13:42:08.5 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact 1886 August 29 at 14:36:03.1 UTC
Last Central Line 1886 August 29 at 14:37:30.7 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact 1886 August 29 at 14:38:58.4 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact 1886 August 29 at 15:32:23.5 UTC
August 29, 1886 Solar Eclipse Parameters
Parameter Value
Eclipse Magnitude 1.07351
Eclipse Obscuration 1.15242
Gamma −0.10587
Sun Right Ascension 10h31m23.1s
Sun Declination +09°17'26.5"
Sun Semi-Diameter 15'50.7"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7"
Moon Right Ascension 10h31m15.9s
Moon Declination +09°11'12.6"
Moon Semi-Diameter 16'43.3"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 1°01'22.2"
ΔT -5.9 s

Eclipse season

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Eclipse season of August–September 1886
August 14
Descending node (full moon)
 August 29
Ascending node (new moon)
 September 13
Descending node (full moon)
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 107		 Total solar eclipse
Solar Saros 133		 Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 145

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 1886

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 133

Inex

Triad

Solar eclipses of 1884–1888

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.[4]

The partial solar eclipses on April 25, 1884 and October 19, 1884 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set, and the partial solar eclipse on July 9, 1888 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1884 to 1888
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
108 March 27, 1884
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Partial 		1.4602 113
118 March 16, 1885
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Annular 		0.8030 123 September 8, 1885
File:SE1885Sep08T.png
Total 		−0.8489
128 March 5, 1886
File:SE1886Mar05A.gif
Annular 		0.0970 133 August 29, 1886
File:SE1886Aug29T.png
Total 		−0.1059
138 February 22, 1887
File:SE1887Feb22A.png
Annular 		−0.6040 143 August 19, 1887
File:SE1887Aug19T.png
Total 		0.6312
148 February 11, 1888
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Partial 		−1.2684 153 August 7, 1888
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Partial 		−1.2797

Saros 133

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 133, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 72 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on July 13, 1219. It contains annular eclipses from November 20, 1435 through January 13, 1526; a hybrid eclipse on January 24, 1544; and total eclipses from February 3, 1562 through June 21, 2373. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on September 5, 2499. 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 annularity was produced by member 25 at 1 minutes, 14 seconds on November 30, 1453, and the longest duration of totality was produced by member 61 at 6 minutes, 50 seconds on August 7, 1850. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.[5]

Series members 34–55 occur between 1801 and 2200:
34 35 36
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July 17, 1814 		File:SE1832Jul27T.png
July 27, 1832 		File:SE1850Aug07T.png
August 7, 1850
37 38 39
File:SE1868Aug18T.png
August 18, 1868 		File:SE1886Aug29T.png
August 29, 1886 		File:SE1904Sep09T.png
September 9, 1904
40 41 42
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September 21, 1922 		File:SE1940Oct01T.png
October 1, 1940 		File:SE1958Oct12T.png
October 12, 1958
43 44 45
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October 23, 1976 		File:SE1994Nov03T.png
November 3, 1994 		File:SE2012Nov13T.png
November 13, 2012
46 47 48
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November 25, 2030 		File:SE2048Dec05T.png
December 5, 2048 		File:SE2066Dec17T.png
December 17, 2066
49 50 51
File:SE2084Dec27T.png
December 27, 2084 		File:SE2103Jan08T.png
January 8, 2103 		File:SE2121Jan19T.png
January 19, 2121
52 53 54
File:SE2139Jan30T.png
January 30, 2139 		File:SE2157Feb09T.png
February 9, 2157 		File:SE2175Feb21T.png
February 21, 2175
55
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March 3, 2193

Metonic series

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Tritos series

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Inex series

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References

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