A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Wednesday, November 30, 1853, with a magnitude of 1.0485. 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 8.5 hours before perigee (on December 1, 1853, at 3:45 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.

The path of totality was visible from parts of modern-day Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil. A partial solar eclipse was also visible for parts of northern Oceania, Hawaii, southern North America, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America.

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.

+November 30, 1853 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 1853 November 30 at 16:38:15.3 UTC First Umbral External Contact 1853 November 30 at 17:33:27.1 UTC First Central Line 1853 November 30 at 17:34:17.3 UTC First Umbral Internal Contact 1853 November 30 at 17:35:07.5 UTC First Penumbral Internal Contact 1853 November 30 at 18:31:47.1 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 1853 November 30 at 19:10:53.1 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 1853 November 30 at 19:13:50.5 UTC Greatest Eclipse 1853 November 30 at 19:15:38.7 UTC Greatest Duration 1853 November 30 at 19:20:35.5 UTC Last Penumbral Internal Contact 1853 November 30 at 19:59:37.3 UTC Last Umbral Internal Contact 1853 November 30 at 20:56:12.6 UTC Last Central Line 1853 November 30 at 20:57:03.2 UTC Last Umbral External Contact 1853 November 30 at 20:57:53.8 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 1853 November 30 at 21:53:03.3 UTC

+November 30, 1853 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 1.04851 Eclipse Obscuration 1.09938 Gamma 0.17631 Sun Right Ascension 16h27m18.6s Sun Declination -21°44'59.0" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'13.6" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 16h27m30.3s Moon Declination -21°34'32.2" Moon Semi-Diameter 16'43.7" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 1°01'23.6" ΔT 7.1 s

Eclipse season

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 November–December 1853 November 30Descending node (new moon) December 15Ascending node (full moon) Total solar eclipseSolar Saros 130 Penumbral lunar eclipseLunar Saros 142

Related eclipses Eclipses in 1853 An annular solar eclipse on June 6. A partial lunar eclipse on June 21. A total solar eclipse on November 30. A penumbral lunar eclipse on December 15.

Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 21, 1852 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 28, 1859

Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 20, 1846 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 11, 1861

Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of November 24, 1844 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of December 6, 1862

Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 31, 1842 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 30, 1864

Solar Saros 130 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 20, 1835 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 12, 1871

Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 20, 1824 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 10, 1882

Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 30, 1767 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 1, 1940

Solar eclipses of 1852–1855

The partial solar eclipse on January 21, 1852 occurred 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, 1852Partial −1.1111 120 December 11, 1852Total 0.8551 125 June 6, 1853Annular −0.3686 130 November 30, 1853Total 0.1763 135 May 26, 1854Annular 0.3918 140 November 20, 1854Hybrid −0.5179 145 May 16, 1855Partial 1.1249 150 November 9, 1855Partial −1.2767

Saros 130

Metonic series All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's ascending node.

25 eclipse events between February 12, 1812 and September 18, 1895February 11–12November 30–December 1September 17–19July 7–8April 25–26108110112114116February 12, 1812September 19, 1819July 8, 1823April 26, 1827118120122124126February 12, 1831November 30, 1834September 18, 1838July 8, 1842April 25, 1846128130132134136February 12, 1850November 30, 1853September 18, 1857July 8, 1861April 25, 1865138140142144146February 11, 1869November 30, 1872September 17, 1876July 7, 1880April 25, 1884148150152February 11, 1888December 1, 1891September 18, 1895

Tritos series

Inex series

References

NASA chart graphics Googlemap NASA Besselian elements

The total eclipse of the sun of November 30, 1853 Astronomical Journal, vol. 3, iss. 67, p. 145–146 (1854).