Solar eclipse of June 17, 1909

Solar eclipse of June 17, 1909
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Hybrid
Gamma 0.8957
Magnitude 1.0065
Maximum eclipse
Duration 24 sec (0 m 24 s)
Coordinates 82°54′N 123°36′E / 82.9°N 123.6°E / 82.9; 123.6
Max. width of band 51 km (32 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 23:18:38
References
Saros 145 (16 of 77)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9302

A total solar eclipse occurred on June 17, 1909. 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 total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. This event was a hybrid, starting and ending as an annular eclipse.

The path of totality crossed the Arctic ocean, Canada, Greenland, central Russia, and central Asia.

Solar eclipses 1906-1909

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.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1906-1909
Ascending node   Descending node
115July 21, 1906

Partial		 120January 14, 1907

Total
125July 10, 1907

Annular		 130January 3, 1908

Total
135June 28, 1908

Annular		 140December 23, 1908

Hybrid
145June 17, 1909

Hybrid		 150December 12, 1909

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