Solar eclipse of April 3, 1848
A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit between Monday, April 3 and Tuesday, April 4, 1848, with a magnitude of 0.5834. 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.
This eclipse was the second of four partial solar eclipses in 1848, with the others occurring on March 5, August 28 and September 27.
Description
The eclipse was visible in the Pacific Ocean and included the northeast and northwestern Antarctica especially a part of the west of the Antarctic Peninsula.The eclipse started at sunrise offshore from Antarctica where the Indian and the Pacific Ocean divide and ended at sunset in the peninsula and offshore from Chile.
It showed about up to 15-30% obscuration in northern Antarctica within the 180th meridian, and from 48% to 58% obscuration in the peninsular portion.
10% obscurity in northern Antarctica and 20% at the Antarctic peninsula. The greatest eclipse was at the Antarctic Peninsula at 71.8 S, 89 W at 22:49 UTC.
The subsolar marking was north of the 5th parallel north in the Pacific around the Palmyra Atoll.
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.| Event | Time |
| First Penumbral External Contact | 1848 April 03 at 21:14:32.9 UTC |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 1848 April 03 at 22:09:39.8 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse | 1848 April 03 at 22:49:06.4 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 1848 April 03 at 23:01:13.0 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 1848 April 04 at 00:23:57.4 UTC |
| Parameter | Value |
| Eclipse Magnitude | 0.58339 |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 0.49152 |
| Gamma | −1.22641 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 00h52m39.7s |
| Sun Declination | +05°38'38.8" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 15'58.8" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.8" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 00h54m09.3s |
| Moon Declination | +04°27'04.6" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 16'41.7" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 1°01'16.4" |
| ΔT | 6.7 s |
Eclipse season
This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months 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.| March 5 Descending node | March 19 Ascending node | April 3 Descending node |
| Partial solar eclipse Solar Saros 108 | Total lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 120 | Partial solar eclipse Solar Saros 146 |
Related eclipses
Eclipses in 1848
- A partial solar eclipse on March 5.
- A total lunar eclipse on March 19.A partial solar eclipse on April 3.
- A partial solar eclipse on August 28.
- A total lunar eclipse on September 13.
- A partial solar eclipse on September 27.
Metonic
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 16, 1844
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 21, 1852
Tzolkinex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 21, 1841
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 16, 1855
Half-Saros
Tritos
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 4, 1837
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 4, 1859
Solar Saros 146
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 24, 1830
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 15, 1866
Inex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 24, 1819
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 15, 1877
Triad
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 3, 1761
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 3, 1935