Solar eclipse of May 18, 1920

Solar eclipse of May 18, 1920
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Partial
Gamma -1.0239
Magnitude 0.9734
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates 69°06′S 107°42′E / 69.1°S 107.7°E / -69.1; 107.7
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 6:14:55
References
Saros 146 (22 of 76)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9328

A partial solar eclipse occurred on May 18, 1920. 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 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]

Notes

  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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