Nature Total Magnitude 1.05 Max. width of band 198 km (123 mi) Start date July 18, 1860 | Gamma 0.5487 Duration 219 sec (3 m 39 s) Greatest eclipse 14:26:24 | |
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A total solar eclipse occurred on July 18, 1860. 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.
People watching an eclipse in 1860 at Toulouse, France. Picture by Eugène Trutat, Muséum de Toulouse.
Related eclipses
It is a part of solar Saros 124.
References
Solar eclipse of July 18, 1860 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA