Solar eclipse of August 29, 1867

Solar eclipse of August 29, 1867
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Total
Gamma	−0.794
Magnitude	1.0344
Maximum eclipse
Duration	171 s (2 min 51 s)
Coordinates	41°06′S 34°54′W / 41.1°S 34.9°W / -41.1; -34.9
Max. width of band	189 km (117 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	13:13:07
References
Saros	123 (45 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9205

A total solar eclipse occurred on August 29, 1867. 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. Totality occurred across central Argentina and the southern Atlantic ocean.

Observations

José J. Vergara and Luis Grosch observed the eclipse from a small hill close to Santiago.^[1]

Related eclipses

It is a part of solar Saros 123.

References

• NASA chart graphics
  • Googlemap
  • NASA Besselian elements
• Mabel Loomis Todd (1900). Total Eclipses of the Sun. Little, Brown.

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