Solar eclipse of August 31, 1913

Solar eclipse of August 31, 1913
Solar eclipse of August 31, 1913
	Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Partial
Gamma	1.4512
Magnitude	0.1513
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates	61°30′N 26°48′W / 61.5°N 26.8°W
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	20:52:12
References
Saros	114 (71 of 72)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9312

A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Sunday, August 31, 1913,^[1]^[2] with a magnitude of 0.1513. 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[edit]

Solar eclipses of 1913–1917[edit]

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.^[3]

The partial solar eclipses on April 6, 1913 and September 30, 1913 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set, and the solar eclipses on December 24, 1916 (partial), June 19, 1917 (partial), and December 14, 1917 (annular) occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1913 to 1917
Descending node			Ascending node
Saros	Map	Gamma	Saros	Map	Gamma
114	August 31, 1913 Partial	1.4512	119	February 25, 1914 Annular	−0.9416
124	August 21, 1914 Total	0.7655	129	February 14, 1915 Annular	−0.2024
134	August 10, 1915 Annular	0.0124	139	February 3, 1916 Total	0.4987
144	July 30, 1916 Annular	−0.7709	149	January 23, 1917 Partial	1.1508
154	July 19, 1917 Partial	−1.5101

Saros 114[edit]

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 114, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 72 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on July 23, 651 AD. It contains annular eclipses from February 3, 976 AD through June 11, 1192; hybrid eclipses from June 22, 1210 through December 1, 1480; and total eclipses from December 13, 1498 through June 15, 1787. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on September 12, 1931. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.

The longest duration of annularity was produced by member 20 at 4 minutes, 33 seconds on February 13, 994 AD, and the longest duration of totality was produced by member 59 at 4 minutes, 18 seconds on April 21, 1697. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.^[4]

Series members 65–72 occur between 1801 and 1931:
65	66	67
June 26, 1805	July 8, 1823	July 18, 1841
68	69	70
July 29, 1859	August 9, 1877	August 20, 1895
71	72
August 31, 1913	September 12, 1931

Metonic series[edit]

The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days).

22 eclipse events, progressing from north to south between April 8, 1902, and August 31, 1989:
April 7–8	January 24–25	November 12	August 31-September 1	June 19–20
108			114	116
April 8, 1902			August 31, 1913	June 19, 1917
118	120	122	124	126
April 8, 1921	January 24, 1925	November 12, 1928	August 31, 1932	June 19, 1936
128	130	132	134	136
April 7, 1940	January 25, 1944	November 12, 1947	September 1, 1951	June 20, 1955
138	140	142	144	146
April 8, 1959	January 25, 1963	November 12, 1966	August 31, 1970	June 20, 1974
148	150	152	154
April 7, 1978	January 25, 1982	November 12, 1985	August 31, 1989

References[edit]

^ "THREE ECLIPSES IN NEXT TWO MONTHS". The Roanoke Times. Roanoke, Virginia. 1913-08-13. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-11-04 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "The second solar eclipse of the year". Star Tribune. Minneapolis, Minnesota. 1913-08-31. p. 28. Retrieved 2023-11-04 – via Newspapers.com.
^ 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.
^ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 114". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.