Solar eclipse of August 19, 1887

Solar eclipse of August 19, 1887
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Total
Gamma	0.6312
Magnitude	1.0518
Maximum eclipse
Duration	230 s (3 min 50 s)
Coordinates	50°36′N 111°54′E / 50.6°N 111.9°E / 50.6; 111.9
Max. width of band	221 km (137 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	5:32:05
References
Saros	143 (16 of 72)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9251

A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Friday, August 19, 1887, with a magnitude of 1.0518. 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. Occurring about 1.8 days before perigee (on August 21, 1887, at 0:10 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.^[1]

The path of totality was visible from parts of modern-day Germany, Poland, Belarus, Lithuania, southeastern Latvia, Russia, Mongolia, China, North Korea, and Japan. A partial solar eclipse was also visible for parts of Europe, Northeast Africa, Asia, northern Greenland, and Alaska.