Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Eclipse

Total Solar Eclipse of 19 Feb, 1854 BC


Partial Lunar Eclipse of 20 Aug, 1845 BC

A partial eclipse of the Moon occurred on 20 August, 1845 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at 03:20 UT. The Moon was strikingly shadowed in this deep partial eclipse which lasted 2 hours and 44 minutes, with 68% of the Moon in darkness at maximum.
The penumbral eclipse lasted for 4 hours and 52 minutes. The partial eclipse lasted for 2 hours and 44 minutes. Maximum eclipse was at 03:20:06 UT.

Annular Solar Eclipse of 5 Aug, 1845 BC

An annular eclipse of the Sun occurred on 5 August, 1845 BC UT Old Style, with maximum eclipse at16:12 UT. A small annular eclipse covered only 93% of the Sun in a very broad path, 355 km wide at maximum, and lasted 5 minutes and 37 seconds.
The annular eclipse lasted for 5 minutes and 37 seconds. Maximum eclipse was at 16:12:15 UT.



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