Solar eclipse of June 19, 1917
Solar eclipse of June 19, 1917 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Partial |
Gamma | 1.2857 |
Magnitude | 0.4729 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Coordinates | 66°12′N 150°06′E / 66.2°N 150.1°E |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 13:16:21 |
References | |
Saros | 116 (67 of 70) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9322 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred on June 19, 1917. 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 1916-1920
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 1916–1920 | ||||
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Ascending node | Descending node | |||
111 | December 24, 1916![]() Partial |
116 | June 19, 1917![]() Partial | |
121 | December 14, 1917![]() Annular |
126 | June 8, 1918![]() Total | |
131 | December 3, 1918![]() Annular |
136 | May 29, 1919![]() Total | |
141 | November 22, 1919![]() Annular |
146 | May 18, 1920![]() Partial | |
151 | November 10, 1920![]() 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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