Solar eclipse of November 9, 1855


A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Friday, November 9, 1855, with a magnitude of 0.4892. 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 southern Oceania and Antarctica.

Description

The eclipse was visible in Tasmania and the southeasternmost areas of Australia, New Zealand and its surrounding islands such as Chatham and Cook and much of Antarctica which most areas had a 24-hour daylight with the exception of the northernmost peninsular area and its surrounding islands and the northernmost area at the 50th meridian east. It included a tiny southeast area of the Indian Ocean, the southwesternmost of the Pacific and the tiny portion of the southernmost Atlantic.
The eclipse started at sunrise west of New Zealand and ended at sunset off the coast of Antarctica. Areas that the eclipse ended slightly after or at sunrise included Sydney, Wollongong and Irvine in Australia. Areas that were in the rim of the eclipse included New Caledonia.
The greatest eclipse was in the Pacific Ocean hundreds of miles north of Antarctica at 62.5 S & 121 E at 19:12 UTC.
The eclipse showed 25% obscuration in the south of South Island, New Zealand and up to 48% at the area of the greatest eclipse.
The subsolar marking was in the Pacific Ocean around the Tropic of Capricorn.

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 Contact1855 November 09 at 17:35:59.1 UTC
Greatest Eclipse1855 November 09 at 19:17:51.3 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction1855 November 09 at 19:31:50.5 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction1855 November 09 at 20:16:28.7 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact1855 November 09 at 20:59:14.5 UTC

ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude0.48923
Eclipse Obscuration0.37305
Gamma−1.27668
Sun Right Ascension14h57m33.1s
Sun Declination-16°53'13.5"
Sun Semi-Diameter16'09.4"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.9"
Moon Right Ascension14h55m40.0s
Moon Declination-17°59'34.7"
Moon Semi-Diameter15'19.5"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax0°56'14.8"
ΔT7.1 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.
October 25
Ascending node
November 9
Descending node
Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 124		Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 150

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 1855

  • A total lunar eclipse on May 2.
  • A partial solar eclipse on May 16.
  • A total lunar eclipse on October 25.
  • '''A partial solar eclipse on November 9.'''

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

  • Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of November 3, 1846
  • Followed by: Lunar eclipse of November 13, 1864

Tritos

  • Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 9, 1844
  • Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 8, 1866

Solar Saros 150

Inex

Triad

Solar eclipses of 1852–1855

The partial solar eclipse on January 21, 1852 occurs in the previous lunar year eclipse set.

Metonic series

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