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Path across the western United States and central Canada
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Drawing by Mabel Loomis Todd
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Photograph taken from Norman, California
Solar eclipse of January 1, 1889 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Total |
Gamma | 0.8603 |
Magnitude | 1.0262 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 137 s (2 min 17 s) |
Coordinates | 36°42′N 137°36′W / 36.7°N 137.6°W |
Max. width of band | 175 km (109 mi) |
Times ( UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 21:16:50 |
References | |
Saros | 120 (54 of 71) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9255 |
A total solar eclipse occurred on January 1, 1889. 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. It was visible across western United States, and central Canada. Partiality was visible across the northern Pacific Ocean including Hawaii, and all of the United States.
Wovoka the Paiute prophet received visions during the solar eclipse of January 1889. These visions were framework for the Pan-Indian religious movement known as the Ghost Dance. [1]
This eclipse is a part of Saros cycle 120, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on May 27, 933 AD, and reached an annular eclipse on August 11, 1059. It was a hybrid event for 3 dates: May 8, 1510, through May 29, 1546, and total eclipses from June 8, 1564, through March 30, 2033. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on July 7, 2195. The longest duration of totality was 2 minutes, 50 seconds on March 9, 1997. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon’s descending node.
Series members 55–65 occur between 1901 and 2100 | ||
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55 | 56 | 57 |
January 14, 1907 |
January 24, 1925 |
February 4, 1943 |
58 | 59 | 60 |
February 15, 1961 |
February 26, 1979 |
March 9, 1997 |
61 | 62 | 63 |
March 20, 2015 |
March 30, 2033 |
April 11, 2051 |
64 | 65 | |
April 21, 2069 |
May 2, 2087 |