Solar eclipse of June 28, 1889

Solar eclipse of June 28, 1889
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Annular
Gamma	−0.5431
Magnitude	0.9471
Maximum eclipse
Duration	442 s (7 min 22 s)
Coordinates	9°36′S 47°18′E / 9.6°S 47.3°E / -9.6; 47.3
Max. width of band	232 km (144 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	9:00:00
References
Saros	125 (47 of 73)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9256

An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Friday, June 28, 1889, with a magnitude of 0.9471. 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. 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 (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 1.1 days after apogee (on June 27, 1889, at 8:20 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.^[1]

The path of annularity was visible from parts of modern-day Namibia, Botswana, southeastern Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania. A partial solar eclipse was also visible for parts of Southern Africa, Central Africa, East Africa, the Middle East, southern India, and western Indonesia.