Nature Total Magnitude 1.0248 Max. width of band 165 km (103 mi) Start date December 22, 1870 | Gamma 0.8585 Duration 131 sec (2 m 11 s) Greatest eclipse 12:27:33 | |
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A total solar eclipse occurred on December 22, 1870. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. Totality was visible from southern Portugal and Spain, across northern Algeria, then crossing Sicily, Greece, Bulgaria, and ending in Ukraine.
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Observations
From Syracuse by Captain G. I. Tupman, R.M.A.
Related eclipses
It is a part of solar Saros 120.
References
Solar eclipse of December 22, 1870 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA