Solar eclipse of May 28, 1900

Solar eclipse of May 28, 1900
Totality photographed in Wadesboro, North Carolina, by Thomas Smillie for the Smithsonian Solar Eclipse Expedition to capture photographic proof of the solar corona
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Total
Gamma	0.3943
Magnitude	1.0249
Maximum eclipse
Duration	130 s (2 min 10 s)
Coordinates	44°48′N 46°30′W / 44.8°N 46.5°W / 44.8; -46.5
Max. width of band	92 km (57 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	14:53:56
References
Saros	126 (41 of 72)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9281

A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Monday, May 28, 1900,^[1][2] with a magnitude of 1.0249. 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 3.9 days after perigee (on May 24, 1900, at 17:30 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.^[3]

The path of totality was visible from parts of Mexico, the states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia in the United States, Portugal, Spain, Algeria, Tripoli, and Egypt. A partial solar eclipse was also visible for parts of North America, Central America, the Caribbean, northern South America, Europe, West Africa, and North Africa.