Solar eclipse of December 12, 1909

Solar eclipse of December 12, 1909
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Partial
Gamma -1.2456
Magnitude 0.5424
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates 65°S 86°E / 65°S 86°E / -65; 86
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 19:44:48
References
Saros 150 (11 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9303

A partial solar eclipse occurred on December 12, 1909. 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. This event was visible as a partial solar eclipse across 24-hour daylight Antarctica.

Solar eclipses 1906-1909

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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