Solar eclipse of November 10, 1920

A partial solar eclipse occurred on November 10, 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 eclipse of November 10, 1920
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma1.1287
Magnitude0.742
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates69.9°N 29.8°W / 69.9; -29.8
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse15:52:15
References
Saros151 (9 of 72)
Catalog # (SE5000)9329

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.

References

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