A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Monday, April 13, 1801, with a magnitude of 0.4208. 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.
The partial solar eclipse was visible for parts of modern-day eastern Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia, and western Russia.
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.
+April 13, 1801 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 1801 April 13 at 02:34:55.9 UTC Greatest Eclipse 1801 April 13 at 04:08:06.0 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 1801 April 13 at 04:22:34.4 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 1801 April 13 at 05:24:45.4 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 1801 April 13 at 05:40:50.4 UTC
+April 13, 1801 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.42080 Eclipse Obscuration 0.30319 Gamma 1.31524 Sun Right Ascension 01h24m07.8s Sun Declination +08°51'22.7" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'56.2" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.8" Moon Right Ascension 01h21m49.0s Moon Declination +09°57'16.7" Moon Semi-Diameter 15'25.5" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°56'36.5" ΔT 12.9 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. The first and last eclipse in this sequence is separated by one synodic month.
+ Eclipse season of March–April 1801 March 14Ascending node (new moon) March 30Descending node (full moon) April 13Ascending node (new moon) Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 107 Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 119 Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 145
Related eclipses Eclipses in 1801 A partial solar eclipse on March 14. A total lunar eclipse on March 30. A partial solar eclipse on April 13. A partial solar eclipse on September 8. A total lunar eclipse on September 22. A partial solar eclipse on October 7.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 24, 1797 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 30, 1805
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 1, 1794 Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 25, 1808
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of April 7, 1792 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 19, 1810
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 14, 1790 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 13, 1812
Solar Saros 145 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 1, 1783 Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 24, 1819
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 2, 1772 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 24, 1830
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 12, 1714 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 11, 1888
Solar eclipses of 1798–1801
The partial solar eclipses on [h] occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set, and the partial solar eclipses on March 14, 1801 and September 8, 1801 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.
Solar eclipse series sets from 1798 to 1801 Ascending node Descending node Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma 115 May 15, 1798Annular −0.8744 120 November 8, 1798Total 0.8270 125 May 5, 1799Annular −0.1310 130 October 28, 1799Total 0.1274 135 April 24, 1800Annular 0.6125 140 October 18, 1800Total −0.5787 145 April 13, 1801Partial 1.3152 150 October 7, 1801Partial −1.3552
Saros 145
Metonic series All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's ascending node.
2 eclipse events between April 13, 1801 and September 5, 1812April 13January 30November 18September 5145147149151April 13, 1801January 30, 1805November 18, 1808September 5, 1812
Tritos series
Series members between 1801 and 1888April 13, 1801(Saros 145)March 13, 1812(Saros 146)February 11, 1823(Saros 147)January 9, 1834(Saros 148)December 9, 1844(Saros 149)November 9, 1855(Saros 150)October 8, 1866(Saros 151)September 7, 1877(Saros 152)August 7, 1888(Saros 153)
Inex series
See also List of solar eclipses in the 19th century
References
External links Google interactive maps Solar eclipse data