Solar eclipse of June 27, 1862

A partial solar eclipse occurred on June 27, 1862 during winter. 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 partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth. As is shown over 92% obscuration, the center of the Moon's shadow was missed by about 250 km (150 mi) above the Antarctic Circle.

Solar eclipse of June 27, 1862
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma-1.0252
Magnitude0.9222
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates65.4°S 60.8°E / -65.4; 60.8
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse6:42:21
References
Saros144 (8 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000)9192

It was the first of three partial eclipses that took place that year, the next occurred in the same hemisphere on November 21, nearly on the opposite side of the previous eclipse.[1] It was part of solar saros 144.[2]

Description

The eclipse occurred in the most of southern Africa, many of Indian Ocean's islands, a part of Western Australia and a very tiny part of Antarctica as the whole day was darkness in other parts. It occurred over a small piece of the Atlantic and many parts of the Indian Ocean and stretched just south of the Equator.[1] The rim of the eclipse included Namacqualand (now Namibia), Great Zimbabwe (now Zimbabwe), Abyssinia (a part now Zambia, Malawi and Tanzania) and old Ethiopia (now Tanzania) and Port Herald, Western Australia.

The eclipse started in Mozambique and southern Africa at sunrise and finished at sunset in Antarctica and off the coast of South Australia.

It showed about up to 35% obscurity in Africa, 15 to over 40% in Madagascar, in Mozambique, 15% in Quelimane, 25% in Maputo and around 25% in Albany, Western Australia. The greatest eclipse was off the shore of Antarctica at 65.4 S and 60.8 E at 6:42 UTC (10:42 AM local time).[1]

The subsolar marking was in Central India.

Parts of the northern portion by the Equator was largely blocked by clouds due to the monsoon season.

See also

References
  1. "Solar eclipse of June 27, 1862". NASA. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
  2. "Solar Saros 144". NASA. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
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