A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit between Saturday, June 26 and Sunday, June 27, 1824, with a magnitude of 1.0578. 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 1.9 days before perigee (on June 28, 1824, at 20:40 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.
The path of totality was visible from parts of modern-day China, South Korea, North Korea, and Japan. A partial solar eclipse was also visible for parts of East Asia, Southeast Asia, Hawaii, and North 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.
+June 26, 1824 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 1824 June 26 at 21:10:52.2 UTC First Umbral External Contact 1824 June 26 at 22:09:02.7 UTC First Central Line 1824 June 26 at 22:10:15.5 UTC First Umbral Internal Contact 1824 June 26 at 22:11:28.4 UTC First Penumbral Internal Contact 1824 June 26 at 23:21:31.6 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 1824 June 26 at 23:40:46.7 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 1824 June 26 at 23:42:26.0 UTC Greatest Duration 1824 June 26 at 23:45:35.5 UTC Greatest Eclipse 1824 June 26 at 23:46:32.7 UTC Last Penumbral Internal Contact 1824 June 27 at 00:11:43.0 UTC Last Umbral Internal Contact 1824 June 27 at 01:21:38.6 UTC Last Central Line 1824 June 27 at 01:22:53.3 UTC Last Umbral External Contact 1824 June 27 at 01:24:08.0 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 1824 June 27 at 02:22:11.6 UTC
+June 26, 1824 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 1.05776 Eclipse Obscuration 1.11885 Gamma 0.39597 Sun Right Ascension 06h22m39.4s Sun Declination +23°21'36.2" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'43.8" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.6" Moon Right Ascension 06h22m53.7s Moon Declination +23°45'07.9" Moon Semi-Diameter 16'23.1" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 1°00'08.1" ΔT 10.0 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 June–July 1824 June 26Descending node (new moon) July 11Ascending node (full moon) Total solar eclipseSolar Saros 124 Partial lunar eclipseLunar Saros 136
Related eclipses Eclipses in 1824 An annular solar eclipse on January 1. A partial lunar eclipse on January 16. A total solar eclipse on June 26. A partial lunar eclipse on July 11. A penumbral lunar eclipse on December 6. An annular solar eclipse on December 20.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 7, 1820 Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 14, 1828
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 16, 1817 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 7, 1831
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of June 21, 1815 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of July 2, 1833
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 27, 1813 Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 27, 1835
Solar Saros 124 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 16, 1806 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 8, 1842
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 16, 1795 Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 6, 1853
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 26, 1737 Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 28, 1911
Solar eclipses of 1823–1826
The partial solar eclipses on February 11, 1823 and August 6, 1823 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set, and the partial solar eclipse on October 31, 1826 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set.
Solar eclipse series sets from 1823 to 1826 Ascending node Descending node Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma 109 January 12, 1823Partial −1.5413 114 July 8, 1823Partial 1.1182 119 January 1, 1824Annular −0.8821 124 June 26, 1824Total 0.3960 129 December 20, 1824Annular −0.1685 134 June 16, 1825Hybrid −0.3812 139 December 9, 1825Hybrid 0.5296 144 June 5, 1826Partial −1.1887 149 November 29, 1826Partial 1.1764
Saros 124
Metonic series All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's descending node.
22 eclipse events between September 8, 1801 and September 7, 1877September 7–8June 26–27April 14–15January 31–February 1November 19–20112114116118120September 8, 1801June 26, 1805April 14, 1809February 1, 1813November 19, 1816122124126128130September 7, 1820June 26, 1824April 14, 1828February 1, 1832November 20, 1835132134136138140September 7, 1839June 27, 1843April 15, 1847February 1, 1851November 20, 1854142144146148150September 7, 1858June 27, 1862April 15, 1866January 31, 1870November 20, 1873152September 7, 1877
Tritos series
Inex series
References
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