Solar eclipse of February 23, 1906
Solar eclipse of February 23, 1906 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Partial |
Gamma | -1.2479 |
Magnitude | 0.5386 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Coordinates | 71°24′S 170°18′W / 71.4°S 170.3°W |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 7:43:20 |
References | |
Saros | 148 (15 of 75) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9294 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred on February 23, 1906. 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.
Related eclipses
Solar eclipses 1902-1907
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]
Solar eclipse series sets from 1902-1907 | ||||
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Descending node | Ascending node | |||
108 | April 8, 1902![]() Partial |
118 | March 29, 1903![]() Annular | |
123 | September 21, 1903![]() Total |
128 | March 17, 1904![]() Annular | |
133 | September 9, 1904![]() Total |
138 | March 6, 1905![]() Annular | |
143 | August 30, 1905![]() Total |
148 | February 23, 1906![]() Partial | |
153 | August 20, 1906![]() Partial |
Notes
- ↑ 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.
References
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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