Solar eclipse of May 26, 1854

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Solar eclipse". An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Friday, May 26, 1854, with a magnitude of 0.9551. 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 3.2 days before apogee (on May 30, 1854, at 2:25 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.[1]

The path of annularity was visible from parts of the modern-day Marshall Islands, southern Canada, Washington, northern Idaho, northern Montana, northern North Dakota, Minnesota, the upper peninsula of Michigan, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Maine. A partial solar eclipse was also visible for parts of Northeast Asia, northern Oceania, Hawaii, North America, Central America, the Caribbean, far northern South America, and northern Scandinavia.

Visibility

The annular path crossed close to the boundary between the United States and Canada.

File:Solar eclipse of May 26, 1854 map.gif

Observations

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Annularity Daguerrotyped by Stephen Alexander from Ogdensburgh, New York
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Partiality by Langenheim Brothers.

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.[2]

May 26, 1854 Solar Eclipse Times
Event Time (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact 1854 May 26 at 17:45:31.9 UTC
First Umbral External Contact 1854 May 26 at 18:52:54.1 UTC
First Central Line 1854 May 26 at 18:55:03.1 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact 1854 May 26 at 18:57:12.6 UTC
First Penumbral Internal Contact 1854 May 26 at 20:20:41.5 UTC
Greatest Eclipse 1854 May 26 at 20:42:52.6 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction 1854 May 26 at 20:47:29.4 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction 1854 May 26 at 20:56:05.1 UTC
Greatest Duration 1854 May 26 at 20:59:47.7 UTC
Last Penumbral Internal Contact 1854 May 26 at 21:04:43.2 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact 1854 May 26 at 22:28:22.6 UTC
Last Central Line 1854 May 26 at 22:30:34.0 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact 1854 May 26 at 22:32:45.0 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact 1854 May 26 at 23:40:11.8 UTC
May 26, 1854 Solar Eclipse Parameters
Parameter Value
Eclipse Magnitude 0.95510
Eclipse Obscuration 0.91221
Gamma 0.39177
Sun Right Ascension 04h13m05.4s
Sun Declination +21°11'11.2"
Sun Semi-Diameter 15'46.7"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7"
Moon Right Ascension 04h12m40.1s
Moon Declination +21°31'39.9"
Moon Semi-Diameter 14'51.7"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°54'32.6"
ΔT 7.1 s

Eclipse season

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Eclipse season of May 1854
May 12
Descending node (full moon)
 May 26
Ascending node (new moon)
File:SE1854May26A.png
Partial lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 109		 Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 135

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 1854

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 135

Inex

Triad

Solar eclipses of 1852–1855

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 eclipse on January 21, 1852 occurs in the previous lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1852 to 1855
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
115 June 17, 1852
File:SE1852Jun17P.gif
Partial 		−1.1111 120 December 11, 1852
File:SE1852Dec11T.gif
Total 		0.8551
125 June 6, 1853
File:SE1853Jun06A.gif
Annular 		−0.3686 130 November 30, 1853
File:SE1853Nov30T.png
Total 		0.1763
135 May 26, 1854
File:SE1854May26A.png
Annular 		0.3918 140 November 20, 1854
File:SE1854Nov20H.png
Hybrid 		−0.5179
145 May 16, 1855
File:SE1855May16P.gif
Partial 		1.1249 150 November 9, 1855
File:SE1855Nov09P.gif
Partial 		−1.2767

Saros 135

Template:Solar Saros series 135

Metonic series

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 ascending node.

25 eclipse events between March 14, 1801 and August 7, 1888
March 14–15 December 31–January 1 October 19–20 August 7 May 26–27
107 109 111 113 115
File:SE1801Mar14P.png
March 14, 1801 		File:SE1805Jan01P.gif
January 1, 1805 		File:SE1808Oct19P.gif
October 19, 1808 		File:SE1812Aug07P.gif
August 7, 1812 		File:SE1816May27A.gif
May 27, 1816
117 119 121 123 125
File:SE1820Mar14T.gif
March 14, 1820 		File:SE1824Jan01A.gif
January 1, 1824 		File:SE1827Oct20H.gif
October 20, 1827 		File:SE1831Aug07T.gif
August 7, 1831 		File:SE1835May27A.gif
May 27, 1835
127 129 131 133 135
File:SE1839Mar15T.gif
March 15, 1839 		File:SE1842Dec31A.gif
December 31, 1842 		File:SE1846Oct20A.gif
October 20, 1846 		File:SE1850Aug07T.gif
August 7, 1850 		File:SE1854May26A.png
May 26, 1854
137 139 141 143 145
File:SE1858Mar15A.gif
March 15, 1858 		File:SE1861Dec31T.gif
December 31, 1861 		File:SE1865Oct19A.png
October 19, 1865 		File:SE1869Aug07T.png
August 7, 1869 		File:SE1873May26P.gif
May 26, 1873
147 149 151 153
File:SE1877Mar15P.gif
March 15, 1877 		File:SE1880Dec31P.gif
December 31, 1880 		File:SE1884Oct19P.gif
October 19, 1884 		File:SE1888Aug07P.gif
August 7, 1888

Tritos series

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Inex series

Template:Solar Inex series 2028 January 26

Notes

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References

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