Solar eclipse of April 6, 1913

Solar eclipse of April 6, 1913
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Partial
Gamma 1.3147
Magnitude 0.4244
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates 61°12′N 175°42′E / 61.2°N 175.7°E / 61.2; 175.7
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 17:33:07
References
Saros 147 (17 of 80)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9310

A partial solar eclipse occurred on April 6, 1913. 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 partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth.

Solar eclipses 1910-1913

This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.[1]

References

  1. van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.


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