A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Sunday, April 16, 1893, with a magnitude of 1.0556.

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.

[1] The path of totality was visible from parts of the modern-day countries of Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, southern Algeria, Niger, Chad, and Sudan.

A partial solar eclipse was also visible for parts of South America, Africa, and Southern Europe.

According to Edward S. Holden, John Martin Schaeberle discovered a comet like object on the plates of the eclipse from Chile.

Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee).