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Solar eclipse of December 3, 1899
Annular solar eclipse December 3, 1899 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An annular solar eclipse occurred on December 3, 1899, during late spring.[1] 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.
Quick Facts Type of eclipse, Nature ...
Solar eclipse of December 3, 1899 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Annular |
Gamma | −0.9061 |
Magnitude | 0.9836 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 61 s (1 min 1 s) |
Coordinates | 86.6°S 121.5°E / -86.6; 121.5 |
Max. width of band | 140 km (87 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 0:57:28 |
References | |
Saros | 121 (54 of 71) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9280 |
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It was the only annular eclipse which took place that year.[2] It was part of solar saros 121.[3]