Solar eclipse of September 8, 1801


A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Tuesday, September 8, 1801, with a magnitude of 0.1614. 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 modern-day eastern Russia and western Alaska.

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
Equatorial Conjunction1801 September 8 at 04:23:25.3 UTC
First Penumbral External Contact1801 September 8 at 04:53:32.8 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction1801 September 8 at 05:38:08.2 UTC
Greatest Eclipse1801 September 8 at 05:54:39.3 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact1801 September 8 at 06:56:17.9 UTC

ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude0.16147
Eclipse Obscuration0.07489
Gamma1.46568
Sun Right Ascension11h04m58.3s
Sun Declination+05°53'39.8"
Sun Semi-Diameter15'53.2"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.7"
Moon Right Ascension11h07m32.9s
Moon Declination+07°04'46.3"
Moon Semi-Diameter15'03.7"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax0°55'16.6"
ΔT12.8 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.
September 8
Descending node
September 22
Ascending node
October 7
Descending node
Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 112		Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 124		Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 150

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 1801

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 112

  • Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 27, 1783
  • Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 19, 1819

Inex

Triad

Solar eclipses of 1801–1805

The partial solar eclipses on April 13, 1801 and October 7, 1801 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set, and the solar eclipses on January 1, 1805 ; June 26, 1805 ; and December 21, 1805 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Saros 112

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 112, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 72 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on July 31, 539 AD. It contains total eclipses from March 15, 918 AD through November 18, 1332; hybrid eclipses from November 30, 1350 through April 29, 1585; and annular eclipses from May 11, 1603 through June 23, 1675. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on September 19, 1819. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.
The longest duration of totality was produced by member 30 at 7 minutes, 20 seconds on June 9, 1062, and the longest duration of annularity was produced by member 64 at 1 minute, 1 second on June 23, 1675. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.

Metonic series

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