A partial eclipse of the Sun occurred on Wednesday 17 December, 1732 UT (6 Dec, 1732 Old Style), with maximum eclipse at 09:46 UT. With only 15% of the Sun covered at maximum eclipse, this was a very marginal eclipse at best, and rather uninteresting.

Maximum eclipse was at 09:46:46 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 7th eclipse in solar Saros series 147.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

This Saros series, solar Saros series 147, is linked to lunar Saros series 140. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 09:46:46 on 17 Dec UT TDT Date/time (max) 09:46:57 on 17 Dec TDT
Saros Series 147 Number in Series 7
Penumbral Magnitiude Central Magnitiude 0.147
Gamma 1.4751 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.