| Solar eclipse of May 17, 1882 | |
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Total |
| Gamma | 0.3269 |
| Magnitude | 1.02 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 1m 50s |
| Coordinates | 38.4N 61.6E |
| Max. width of band | 72 km |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 7:36:27 |
| References | |
| Saros | 126 (40 of 72) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9239 |
A total solar eclipse occurred on May 17, 1882. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partially 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, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across the surface of the Earth, while a partial solar eclipse will be visible over a region thousands of kilometres wide.
Totality was visible across central Africa, the Middle east, and southeastern Asia.
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It is a part of Saros cycle 126, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on March 10, 1179. It contains annular eclipses from June 4, 1323 through April 4, 1810 and hybrid eclipses from April 14, 1828 through May 6, 1864. It contains total eclipses from May 17, 1882 through August 23, 2044. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on May 3, 2459. The longest duration of central eclipse (annular or total) was 5 minutes, 46 seconds of annularity on November 22, 1593. The longest duration of totality was 2 minutes, 36 seconds on July 10, 1972.[1]
Series members 39-49 occur between 1901 and 2100:
| 39 | 40 | 41 |
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June 8, 1918 |
June 19, 1936 |
June 30, 1954 |
| 42 | 43 | 44 |
July 10, 1972 |
July 22, 1990 |
August 1, 2008 |
| 45 | 46 | 47 |
August 12, 2026 |
August 23, 2044 |
September 3, 2062 |
| 48 | 49 | |
September 13, 2080 |
September 25, 2098 |
