A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Wednesday, October 7, 1801, with a magnitude of 0.3505. 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 New Zealand and Antarctica.
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.
+October 7, 1801 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 1801 October 7 at 18:16:51.9 UTC Greatest Eclipse 1801 October 7 at 19:42:33.8 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 1801 October 7 at 19:57:06.5 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 1801 October 7 at 21:04:25.4 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 1801 October 7 at 21:07:38.1 UTC
+October 7, 1801 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.35050 Eclipse Obscuration 0.23316 Gamma −1.35518 Sun Right Ascension 12h51m43.2s Sun Declination -05°32'55.4" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'01.2" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.8" Moon Right Ascension 12h49m16.8s Moon Declination -06°40'26.2" Moon Semi-Diameter 15'27.7" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°56'44.6" 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 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 18, 1797 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 26, 1805
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 25, 1794 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 18, 1808
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of September 30, 1792 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of October 12, 1810
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 6, 1790 Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 5, 1812
Solar Saros 150 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 26, 1783 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 19, 1819
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 26, 1772 Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 17, 1830
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 7, 1714 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 7, 1888
Solar eclipses of 1798–1801
The partial solar eclipses on [h] occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set, and the partial solar eclipses on March 14, 1801 and September 8, 1801 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.
Solar eclipse series sets from 1798 to 1801 Ascending node Descending node Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma 115 May 15, 1798Annular −0.8744 120 November 8, 1798Total 0.8270 125 May 5, 1799Annular −0.1310 130 October 28, 1799Total 0.1274 135 April 24, 1800Annular 0.6125 140 October 18, 1800Total −0.5787 145 April 13, 1801Partial 1.3152 150 October 7, 1801Partial −1.3552
Saros 150
Metonic series All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's descending node.
2 eclipse events between October 7, 1801 and July 26, 1805October 7July 26150152October 7, 1801July 26, 1805
Tritos series
Series members between 1801 and 1823October 7, 1801(Saros 150)September 5, 1812(Saros 151)August 6, 1823(Saros 152)
Inex series
Series members between 1801 and 1946October 7, 1801(Saros 150)September 17, 1830(Saros 151)August 28, 1859(Saros 152)August 7, 1888(Saros 153)July 19, 1917(Saros 154)June 29, 1946(Saros 155)
See also List of solar eclipses in the 19th century
References
External links Google interactive maps Solar eclipse data