A partial eclipse of the Sun occurred on Wednesday 24 August, 1729 UT (13 Aug, 1729 Old Style), with maximum eclipse at 13:48 UT. With only 1% of the Sun covered at maximum eclipse, this was a very marginal eclipse at best, and rather uninteresting.

Maximum eclipse was at 13:48:20 UT.

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)
https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse.html
shows the visibility of the partial solar eclipse. (Click on it for the full-sized version.)

Eclipse Season and Saros Series

This eclipse season contains 3 eclipses:

This was the 1st eclipse in solar Saros series 150.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

This Saros series, solar Saros series 150, is linked to lunar Saros series 143. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 13:48:20 on 24 Aug UT TDT Date/time (max) 13:48:31 on 24 Aug TDT
Saros Series 150 Number in Series 1
Penumbral Magnitiude Central Magnitiude 0.0067
Gamma -1.543 Path Width (km) 0
Delta T 0m11s Error ± 0m07s (95%)
Penumbral Duration Partial Duration
Total Duration
Partial Rating Total Rating

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)
https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse.html
are in the TDT timescale.

Data last updated: 2015-06-21 22:11:46 UTC.