Solar eclipse of July 19, 1917
Solar eclipse of July 19, 1917 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Partial |
Gamma | -1.5101 |
Magnitude | 0.0863 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Coordinates | 63°42′S 101°48′E / 63.7°S 101.8°E |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 2:42:42 |
References | |
Saros | 154 (1 of 71) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9321 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred on July 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 of 1913-1917
Each member 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.
Descending node | Ascending node | |||
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114 | August 31, 1913![]() Partial |
119 | February 25, 1914![]() Annular | |
124 | August 21, 1914![]() Total |
129 | February 14, 1915![]() Annular | |
134 | August 10, 1915![]() Annular |
139 | February 3, 1916![]() Total | |
144 | July 30, 1916![]() Annular |
149 | January 23, 1917![]() Partial | |
154 | July 19, 1917![]() Partial |
References
External links
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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