Solar eclipse of November 19, 1816


A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Tuesday, November 19, 1816, with a magnitude of 1.0233. 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 1.7 days before perigee, the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.
The path of totality was visible from parts of modern-day Norway, Sweden, Poland, western Ukraine, Romania, Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, northern India, and western China. A partial solar eclipse was also visible for parts of Europe, North Africa, Northeast Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, and South Asia.

Observations

From Germany, this total eclipse could not be seen with clouded sky except by few observers at Pomerania only.
Capel Lofft observed this eclipse from Ipswich.

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.
EventTime
First Penumbral External Contact1816 November 19 at 08:01:46.3 UTC
First Umbral External Contact1816 November 19 at 09:20:18.4 UTC
First Central Line1816 November 19 at 09:21:02.3 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact1816 November 19 at 09:21:46.7 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction1816 November 19 at 09:47:11.3 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction1816 November 19 at 10:08:45.7 UTC
Greatest Eclipse1816 November 19 at 10:17:22.4 UTC
Greatest Duration1816 November 19 at 10:17:35.6 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact1816 November 19 at 11:13:19.6 UTC
Last Central Line1816 November 19 at 11:14:01.9 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact1816 November 19 at 11:14:43.9 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact1816 November 19 at 12:33:14.9 UTC

ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude1.02326
Eclipse Obscuration1.04707
Gamma0.84075
Sun Right Ascension15h38m54.9s
Sun Declination-19°30'48.2"
Sun Semi-Diameter16'11.7"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.9"
Moon Right Ascension15h40m03.9s
Moon Declination-18°42'56.6"
Moon Semi-Diameter16'25.6"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax1°00'17.2"
ΔT12.2 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.
November 19
Descending node
December 4
Ascending node
Total solar eclipse
Solar Saros 120		Partial lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 132

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 1816

Metonic

Tzolkinex

  • Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 9, 1809
  • Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 1, 1824

Half-Saros

Tritos

  • Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 21, 1805
  • Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 20, 1827

Solar Saros 120

  • Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 8, 1798
  • Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 30, 1834

Inex

Triad

Solar eclipses of 1816–1819

The partial solar eclipses on March 25, 1819 and September 19, 1819 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Metonic series

All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's descending node.