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.
+September 8, 1801 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) Equatorial Conjunction 1801 September 8 at 04:23:25.3 UTC First Penumbral External Contact 1801 September 8 at 04:53:32.8 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 1801 September 8 at 05:38:08.2 UTC Greatest Eclipse 1801 September 8 at 05:54:39.3 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 1801 September 8 at 06:56:17.9 UTC
+September 8, 1801 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.16147 Eclipse Obscuration 0.07489 Gamma 1.46568 Sun Right Ascension 11h04m58.3s Sun Declination +05°53'39.8" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'53.2" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7" Moon Right Ascension 11h07m32.9s Moon Declination +07°04'46.3" Moon Semi-Diameter 15'03.7" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°55'16.6" ΔT 12.8 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. The first and last eclipse in this sequence is separated by one synodic month.
+ Eclipse season of September–October 1801 September 8Descending node (new moon) September 22Ascending node (full moon) October 7Descending node (new moon) Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 112 Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 124 Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 150
Related eclipses Eclipses in 1801 A partial solar eclipse on March 14. A total lunar eclipse on March 30. A partial solar eclipse on April 13. A partial solar eclipse on September 8. A total lunar eclipse on September 22. A partial solar eclipse on October 7.
Metonic Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 26, 1805
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 26, 1794 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 19, 1808
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 31, 1792 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of September 13, 1810
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 8, 1790 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 7, 1812
Solar Saros 112 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 27, 1783 Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 19, 1819
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 27, 1772 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 18, 1830
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 7, 1714 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 9, 1888
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 (partial); June 26, 1805 (partial); and December 21, 1805 (annular) occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.
Solar eclipse series sets from 1801 to 1805 Ascending node Descending node Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma 107 March 14, 1801Partial −1.4434 112 September 8, 1801Partial 1.4657 117 March 4, 1802Total −0.6943 122 August 28, 1802Annular 0.7569 127 February 21, 1803Total −0.0075 132 August 17, 1803Annular −0.0048 137 February 11, 1804Hybrid 0.7053 142 August 5, 1804Total −0.7622 147 January 30, 1805Partial 1.4651 152 July 26, 1805Partial −1.4571
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.
Series members 71–72 occur between 1801 and 1819:7172September 8, 1801September 19, 1819
Metonic series All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's descending node.
22 eclipse events between September 8, 1801 and September 7, 1877September 7–8June 26–27April 14–15January 31–February 1November 19–20112114116118120September 8, 1801June 26, 1805April 14, 1809February 1, 1813November 19, 1816122124126128130September 7, 1820June 26, 1824April 14, 1828February 1, 1832November 20, 1835132134136138140September 7, 1839June 27, 1843April 15, 1847February 1, 1851November 20, 1854142144146148150September 7, 1858June 27, 1862April 15, 1866January 31, 1870November 20, 1873152September 7, 1877
Tritos series
Inex series
See also List of solar eclipses in the 19th century
References
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