An annular eclipse of the Sun occurred on Saturday 10 October, 1874 UT (28 Sep, 1874 Old Style), with maximum eclipse at 11:13 UT. This marginal annular eclipse lasted 6 minutes and 28 seconds, with the annular path covering a small area in the north polar regions.

The annular eclipse lasted for 6 minutes and 28 seconds. Maximum eclipse was at 11:13:36 UT.

During this eclipse the Sun was 0.534° in apparent diameter, 0.2% larger than average. The Moon was just a day before apogee, making it extremely small. At maximum eclipse it was 0.491° in apparent diameter, which is 7.5% 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 2 eclipses:

This was the 50th eclipse in solar Saros series 122.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

This Saros series, solar Saros series 122, is linked to lunar Saros series 115. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 11:13:36 on 10 Oct UT TDT Date/time (max) 11:13:33 on 10 Oct TDT
Saros Series 122 Number in Series 50
Penumbral Magnitiude Central Magnitiude 0.9193
Gamma 0.9889 Path Width (km) 0
Delta T -1m-3s Error ± 0m00s (95%)
Penumbral Duration Partial Duration
Total Duration 6m28s
Partial Rating Total Rating
Sun Distance 149285914 km (45.3%) Moon Distance 406088 km (98.8%)
Sun Diameter 0.534° Moon Diameter 0.490° - 0.491°
Perigee 18:00 on 26 Sep UT Apogee 13:47 on 11 Oct 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.