An annular

solar eclipse A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the view of the Sun from a small part of the Earth, totally or partially. Such an alignment occurs during an eclipse season, approximately every six month ...

occurred on May 26, 1854. A

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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an

annulus Annulus (or anulus) or annular indicates a ring- or donut-shaped area or structure. It may refer to: Human anatomy * ''Anulus fibrosus disci intervertebralis'', spinal structure * Annulus of Zinn, a.k.a. annular tendon or ''anulus tendineus com ...

(ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide.

Visibility

The annular path crossed close to the boundary between the United States and Canada. :

Observations

Related eclipses

It is a part of

Solar Saros 135 Saros cycle series 135 for solar eclipse A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the view of the Sun from a small part of the Earth, totally or partially. Such an alignment occurs during ...

. Solar eclipse set repeats every 6 synodic months (about 177.183 days).

Saros 135

It is a part of Saros cycle 135, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on July 5, 1331. It contains annular eclipses from October 21, 1511, through February 24, 2305, hybrid eclipses on March 8, 2323, and March 18, 2341, and total eclipses from March 29, 2359, through May 22, 2449. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on August 17, 2593. The longest duration of totality will be 2 minutes, 27 seconds on May 12, 2431.

Notes

References

* ''Total Eclipses of the Sun'', By Mabel Loomis Todd, 1894, new and revised edition by David P. Todd, 1900

Suggestions relative to the observation of the solar eclipse of May 26, 1854
Astronomical Journal, vol. 3, iss. 70, p. 169–172 (1854). Alexander, S.
''On the solar eclipse of 1854, May 26'', Bartlett, W. H. C.
Astronomical Journal, vol. 4, iss. 77, p. 33–35 (1854).
Observation of the annular eclipse of May 26, in the suburbs of Ogdensburgh, N. Y.
Astronomical Journal, vol. 3, iss. 70, p. 169–172 (1854). Alexander, S. {{DEFAULTSORT:Solar Eclipse Of May 26, 1854 Annular solar eclipses, 1854 5 26 1854 in science 1854 5 26 May 1854 events