A total eclipse of the Sun occurred on Sunday 17 September, 1876 UT (5 Sep, 1876 Old Style), with maximum eclipse at 21:49 UT. The Sun was darkened for 1 minute and 53 seconds by a dramatic total eclipse covering a path up to 86 km wide. This was a sight worth seeing.
The total eclipse lasted for 1 minute and 53 seconds.
Maximum eclipse was at 21:49:19 UT.
During this eclipse the Sun was 0.531° in apparent
diameter, 0.4% smaller than average. The Moon was just 3 days past perigee, making it relatively large.
At the start and end of the eclipse the Moon
was 0.535°, and at maximum eclipse 0.543°,
which is 2.2% larger than average; hence it covered the Sun,
making this a total eclipse.
The statistics page has information on the ranges of the sizes of
the Sun and Moon, and the Moon data page displays detailed
information on the Moon's key dates.
Overview Map
This map sourced from NASA Goddard Space flight Center: GSFC Eclipse Web SiteGSFC Eclipse Web Site
The primary source of all the information on eclipses presented here at Hermit Eclipse. (NASA Goddard Space flight Center)
shows the visibility of the total solar eclipse. It also shows the broader area in which a partial eclipse was seen. (Click on it for the
full-sized version.)
Eclipse Season and Saros Series
This eclipse season contains 2 eclipses:
This was the 15th eclipse in solar Saros series 142.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:
This Saros series, solar Saros series 142,
is linked to lunar Saros series 135. The
nearest partner eclipses in that series are:
Eclipse Parameters
| UT Date/time (max) | 21:49:19 on 17 Sep UT |
TDT Date/time (max) | 21:49:15 on 17 Sep TDT |
| Saros Series | 142 |
Number in Series | 15 |
| Penumbral Magnitiude | |
Central Magnitiude | 1.022 |
| Gamma | -0.5054 |
Path Width (km) | 86 |
| Delta T | -1m-4s |
Error | ± 0m00s (95%) |
| Penumbral Duration | |
Partial Duration | |
| Total Duration | 1m53s |
| |
| Partial Rating | |
Total Rating | |
| Sun Distance | 150234207 km (64.9%) |
Moon Distance | 372315 km (31.6%) |
| Sun Diameter | 0.531° |
Moon Diameter | 0.535° - 0.543° |
| Perigee | 16:01 on 14 Sep UT |
Apogee | 13:39 on 26 Sep UT |
Note that while all dates and times on this site (except
where noted) are in UT, which is within a second of civil time,
the dates and times shown in NASA's eclipse listingsGSFC Eclipse Web Site
The primary source of all the information on eclipses presented here at Hermit Eclipse. (NASA Goddard Space flight Center)
are in the TDT timescale.
The Sun and Moon distances are shown in km, and as a
percentage of their minimum - maximum distances; hence 0%
is the closest possible (Earth's perihelion, or the
Moon's closest possible perigee) and 100% is
the farthest (aphelion, the farthest apogee).
The statistics page has information on the ranges of sizes
of the Sun and Moon, and the Moon data page displays detailed
information on the Moon's key dates.
Data last updated: 2015-06-21 22:11:46 UTC.
