Solar eclipse of October 7, 1801

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Solar eclipse of October 7, 1801
Partial eclipse
Gamma−1.3552
Magnitude0.3505
Maximum eclipse
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Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse19:42:34
References
Saros150 (5 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)9043

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.[1]

Eclipse details

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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.[2]

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

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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 8
Descending node (new moon)
September 22
Ascending node (full moon)
October 7
Descending node (new moon)
File:SE1801Sep08P.png File:SE1801Oct07P.png
Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 112
Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 124
Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 150
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Eclipses in 1801

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Metonic

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Tzolkinex

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Half-Saros

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Tritos

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Solar Saros 150

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Triad

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Solar eclipses of 1798–1801

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This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.[3]

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, 1798
Annular
−0.8744 120 November 8, 1798
File:SE1798Nov08T wiki.png
Total
0.8270
125 May 5, 1799
Annular
−0.1310 130 October 28, 1799
File:SE1799Oct28T.png
Total
0.1274
135 April 24, 1800
File:SE1800Apr24A.png
Annular
0.6125 140 October 18, 1800
File:SE1800Oct18T.png
Total
−0.5787
145 April 13, 1801
File:SE1801Apr13P.png
Partial
1.3152 150 October 7, 1801
File:SE1801Oct07P.png
Partial
−1.3552

Saros 150

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This eclipse is a part of Saros series 150, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on August 24, 1729. It contains annular eclipses from April 22, 2126 through June 22, 2829. There are no hybrid or total eclipses in this set. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on September 29, 2991. 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 annularity will be produced by member 45 at 9 minutes, 58 seconds on December 19, 2522. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.[4]

Series members 5–27 occur between 1801 and 2200:
5 6 7
File:SE1801Oct07P.png
October 7, 1801
File:SE1819Oct19P.gif
October 19, 1819
File:SE1837Oct29P.gif
October 29, 1837
8 9 10
File:SE1855Nov09P.gif
November 9, 1855
File:SE1873Nov20P.gif
November 20, 1873
File:SE1891Dec01P.gif
December 1, 1891
11 12 13
File:SE1909Dec12P.png
December 12, 1909
File:SE1927Dec24P.png
December 24, 1927
File:SE1946Jan03P.png
January 3, 1946
14 15 16
File:SE1964Jan14P.png
January 14, 1964
File:SE1982Jan25P.png
January 25, 1982
File:SE2000Feb05P.png
February 5, 2000
17 18 19
File:SE2018Feb15P.png
February 15, 2018
File:SE2036Feb27P.png
February 27, 2036
File:SE2054Mar09P.png
March 9, 2054
20 21 22
File:SE2072Mar19P.png
March 19, 2072
File:SE2090Mar31P.png
March 31, 2090
File:SE2108Apr11P.gif
April 11, 2108
23 24 25
File:Saros150 23van71 SE2126Apr22A.jpg
April 22, 2126
File:Saros150 24van71 SE2144May03A.jpg
May 3, 2144
File:Saros150 25van71 SE2162May14A.jpg
May 14, 2162
26 27
File:Saros150 26van71 SE2180May24A.jpg
May 24, 2180
File:Saros150 27van71 SE2198Jun04A.jpg
June 4, 2198

Metonic series

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The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's descending node.

2 eclipse events between October 7, 1801 and July 26, 1805
October 7 July 26
150 152
File:SE1801Oct07P.png
October 7, 1801
File:SE1805Jul26Pb.gif
July 26, 1805

Tritos series

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This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Series members between 1801 and 1823
File:SE1801Oct07P.png
October 7, 1801
(Saros 150)
File:SE1812Sep05P.gif
September 5, 1812
(Saros 151)
File:SE1823Aug06P.gif
August 6, 1823
(Saros 152)

Inex series

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This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Series members between 1801 and 1946
File:SE1801Oct07P.png
October 7, 1801
(Saros 150)
File:SE1830Sep17P.gif
September 17, 1830
(Saros 151)
File:SE1859Aug28P.gif
August 28, 1859
(Saros 152)
File:SE1888Aug07P.gif
August 7, 1888
(Saros 153)
File:SE1917Jul19P.png
July 19, 1917
(Saros 154)
File:SE1946Jun29P.png
June 29, 1946
(Saros 155)

See also

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References

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