A partial

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occurred at the Moon's

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of orbit on Wednesday, October 7, 1801, with a

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of 0.3505. A

occurs when the

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passes between

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and the

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, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth. The partial solar eclipse was visible for parts of modern-day

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and

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Eclipse details

Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an

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, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a

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. The first and last eclipse in this sequence is separated by one

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Related eclipses

Eclipses in 1801

* A partial solar eclipse on March 14. * A total lunar eclipse on March 30. * A partial solar eclipse on April 13. * A partial solar eclipse on September 8. * A total lunar eclipse on September 22. * A partial solar eclipse on October 7.

Metonic

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 18, 1797 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 26, 1805

Tzolkinex

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 25, 1794 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 18, 1808

Half-Saros

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of September 30, 1792 * Followed by: Lunar eclipse of October 12, 1810

Tritos

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 6, 1790 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 5, 1812

Solar Saros 150

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 26, 1783 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 19, 1819

Inex

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 26, 1772 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 17, 1830

Triad

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 7, 1714 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 7, 1888

Solar eclipses of 1798–1801

The partial solar eclipses on occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set, and the partial solar eclipses on March 14, 1801 and September 8, 1801 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Saros 150

Metonic series

All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's descending node.

Tritos series

Inex series

References

External links

Google interactive maps

Solar eclipse data
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