An annular eclipse of the Sun occurred on Tuesday 30 October, 1883 UT (18 Oct, 1883 Old Style), with maximum eclipse at 23:51 UT. A small annular eclipse covered only 92% of the Sun in a very broad path, 331 km wide at maximum, and lasted 10 minutes and 17 seconds.

The annular eclipse lasted for 10 minutes and 17 seconds. Maximum eclipse was at 23:51:00 UT.

During this eclipse the Sun was 0.537° in apparent diameter, 0.8% larger than average. The Moon was at apogee, making it very small. At maximum eclipse it was 0.496° in apparent diameter, which is 6.5% 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 16th eclipse in solar Saros series 141.The surrounding eclipses in this Saros series are:

This Saros series, solar Saros series 141, is linked to lunar Saros series 134. The nearest partner eclipses in that series are:

Eclipse Parameters

UT Date/time (max) 23:51:00 on 30 Oct UT TDT Date/time (max) 23:50:54 on 30 Oct TDT
Saros Series 141 Number in Series 16
Penumbral Magnitiude Central Magnitiude 0.9238
Gamma 0.503 Path Width (km) 331
Delta T -1m-6s Error ± 0m00s (95%)
Penumbral Duration Partial Duration
Total Duration 10m17s
Partial Rating Total Rating
Sun Distance 148463025 km (28.3%) Moon Distance 406522 km (99.6%)
Sun Diameter 0.537° Moon Diameter 0.490° - 0.496°
Apogee 21:29 on 30 Oct UT Perigee 04:50 on 14 Nov 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.