An annular eclipse of the Sun occurred on Sunday 23 February, 1868 UT (11 Feb, 1868 Old Style), with maximum eclipse at 14:21 UT. A small annular eclipse covered only 93% of the Sun in a very broad path, 244 km wide at maximum, and lasted 8 minutes and 30 seconds.

The annular eclipse lasted for 8 minutes and 30 seconds. Maximum eclipse was at 14:21:28 UT.

During this eclipse the Sun was 0.539° in apparent diameter, 1.0% larger than average. The Moon was just 3 days past apogee, making it fairly small. At maximum eclipse it was 0.503° in apparent diameter, which is 5.2% smaller than average; this was not large enough to cover the Sun, which is why this was an annular 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)
https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse.html
shows the visibility of the annular 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 3 eclipses:

This was the 50th eclipse in solar Saros series 128.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

This Saros series, solar Saros series 128, is linked to lunar Saros series 121. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 14:21:28 on 23 Feb UT TDT Date/time (max) 14:21:31 on 23 Feb TDT
Saros Series 128 Number in Series 50
Penumbral Magnitiude Central Magnitiude 0.9348
Gamma 0.0706 Path Width (km) 244
Delta T 0m03s Error ± 0m00s (95%)
Penumbral Duration Partial Duration
Total Duration 8m30s
Partial Rating Total Rating
Sun Distance 148083152 km (20.4%) Moon Distance 401622 km (89.9%)
Sun Diameter 0.539° Moon Diameter 0.496° - 0.503°
Apogee 03:22 on 20 Feb UT Perigee 23:24 on 6 Mar 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)
https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse.html
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.