Solar eclipse of December 12, 1909
Solar eclipse of December 12, 1909 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Partial |
Gamma | −1.2456 |
Magnitude | 0.5424 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Coordinates | 65°S 86°E / 65°S 86°E |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 19:44:48 |
References | |
Saros | 150 (11 of 71) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9303 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Sunday, December 12, 1909,[1][2] with a magnitude of 0.5424. 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. This event was visible as a partial solar eclipse across 24-hour daylight Antarctica.
Related eclipses[edit]
Eclipses in 1909[edit]
- A total lunar eclipse on June 4, 1909.
- A hybrid solar eclipse on June 17, 1909.
- A total lunar eclipse on November 27, 1909.
- A partial solar eclipse on December 12, 1909.
Metonic[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 23, 1906
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 30, 1913
Tzolkinex[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 31, 1902
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 23, 1917
Half-Saros[edit]
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of December 6, 1900
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of December 17, 1918
Tritos[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 11, 1899
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 10, 1920
Solar Saros 150[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 1, 1891
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 24, 1927
Inex[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 31, 1880
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 21, 1938
Triad[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 11, 1823
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 12, 1996
Solar eclipses of 1906–1909[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 February 23, 1906 and August 20, 1906 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.
Solar eclipse series sets from 1906 to 1909 | ||||||
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Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
115 | July 21, 1906 Partial |
−1.3637 | 120 | January 14, 1907 Total |
0.8628 | |
125 | July 10, 1907 Annular |
−0.6313 | 130 | January 3, 1908 Total |
0.1934 | |
135 | June 28, 1908 Annular |
0.1389 | 140 | December 23, 1908 Hybrid |
−0.4985 | |
145 | June 17, 1909 Hybrid |
0.8957 | 150 | December 12, 1909 Partial |
−1.2456 |
Saros 150[edit]
This eclipse is a part of Saros series 150, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on August 24, 1729. It contains annular eclipses from April 22, 2126 through June 22, 2829. There are no hybrid or total eclipses in this set. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on September 29, 2991. 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 will be produced by member 45 at 9 minutes, 58 seconds on December 19, 2522. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.[4]
Series members 5–27 occur between 1801 and 2200: | ||
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5 | 6 | 7 |
October 7, 1801 |
October 19, 1819 |
October 29, 1837 |
8 | 9 | 10 |
November 9, 1855 |
November 20, 1873 |
December 1, 1891 |
11 | 12 | 13 |
December 12, 1909 |
December 24, 1927 |
January 3, 1946 |
14 | 15 | 16 |
January 14, 1964 |
January 25, 1982 |
February 5, 2000 |
17 | 18 | 19 |
February 15, 2018 |
February 27, 2036 |
March 9, 2054 |
20 | 21 | 22 |
March 19, 2072 |
March 31, 2090 |
April 11, 2108 |
23 | 24 | 25 |
April 22, 2126 |
May 3, 2144 |
May 14, 2162 |
26 | 27 | |
May 24, 2180 |
June 4, 2198 |
References[edit]
- ^ "Partial eclipse of the sun". Columbia Missourian. Columbia, Missouri. 1909-12-13. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-11-01 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Eclipse of the Sun". Whittier Daily News. Whittier, California. 1909-12-13. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-11-01 – 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 150". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
External links[edit]
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC