Solar eclipse of January 1, 1889

A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Tuesday, January 1, 1889, with a magnitude of 1.0262. 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 1.25 days after perigee (on December 31, 1888, at 15:10 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.

The path of totality was visible from parts of the modern-day Aleutian Islands of Alaska, California, Nevada, extreme southeastern Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, and North Dakota in the United States and south-central Canada. A partial solar eclipse was also visible for much of North America, Hawaii, and the western Caribbean.

Observations and predictions

Impact 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.

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.

+January 1, 1889 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 1889 January 1 at 19:03:37.4 UTC First Umbral External Contact 1889 January 1 at 20:23:10.8 UTC First Central Line 1889 January 1 at 20:24:07.8 UTC First Umbral Internal Contact 1889 January 1 at 20:25:05.6 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 1889 January 1 at 21:08:05.1 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 1889 January 1 at 21:16:00.1 UTC Greatest Duration 1889 January 1 at 21:16:12.2 UTC Greatest Eclipse 1889 January 1 at 21:16:50.0 UTC Last Umbral Internal Contact 1889 January 1 at 22:08:36.5 UTC Last Central Line 1889 January 1 at 22:09:32.7 UTC Last Umbral External Contact 1889 January 1 at 22:10:28.3 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 1889 January 1 at 23:30:05.9 UTC

+January 1, 1889 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 1.02616 Eclipse Obscuration 1.05301 Gamma 0.86031 Sun Right Ascension 18h51m01.4s Sun Declination -22°56'03.4" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'16.0" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 18h51m03.5s Moon Declination -22°03'55.3" Moon Semi-Diameter 16'33.2" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 1°00'45.2" ΔT -6.1 s

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) 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.

+ Eclipse season of January 1889 January 1Descending node (new moon) January 17Ascending node (full moon) Total solar eclipseSolar Saros 120 Partial lunar eclipseLunar Saros 132

Related eclipses Eclipses in 1889 A total solar eclipse on January 1. A partial lunar eclipse on January 17. An annular solar eclipse on June 28. A partial lunar eclipse on July 12. A total solar eclipse on December 22.

Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 16, 1885 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 20, 1892

Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 21, 1881 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 13, 1896

Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of December 28, 1879 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of January 8, 1898

Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 2, 1878 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 3, 1899

Solar Saros 120 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 22, 1870 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 14, 1907

Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 23, 1860 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 14, 1917

Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 4, 1802 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 3, 1975

Solar eclipses of 1888–1891

The partial solar eclipses on February 11, 1888 and August 7, 1888 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1888 to 1891 Ascending node Descending node Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma 115 July 9, 1888Partial −1.2797 120 January 1, 1889Total 0.8603 125 June 28, 1889Annular −0.5431 130 December 22, 1889Total 0.1888 135 June 17, 1890Annular 0.2246 140 December 12, 1890Hybrid −0.5016 145 June 6, 1891Annular 0.9754 150 December 1, 1891Partial −1.2515

Saros 120

Metonic series

Tritos series

Inex series

References

Solar eclipse of January 1, 1889

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