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Solar eclipse of January 23, 1860
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An annular solar eclipse occurred on January 23, 1860 during summer. 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.
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Solar eclipse of January 23, 1860 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Annular |
Gamma | −0.8969 |
Magnitude | 0.9168 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 367 s (6 min 7 s) |
Coordinates | 71.8°S 117.2°W / -71.8; -117.2 |
Max. width of band | 719 km (447 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 0:27:31 |
References | |
Saros | 119 (57 of 71) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9187 |
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