A total solar eclipse occurred on August 9, 1896. 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.It was visible across Europe, Asia, and Japan.
It is a part of solar Saros 124.
This event was the subject of the first organized eclipse expedition by the British Astronomical Association. A group of 165 amateur and professional astronomers sailed from Tilbury, England on July 25, heading toward Vadsø, Norway.[1] This expedition failed to produce any usable results as they were frustrated by the weather conditions at the time of the eclipse.[2] However, a smaller expedition to Novaya Zemlya on Sir George Baden-Powell's yacht Otario met with success.[1]