Solar eclipse of August 30, 1905

Solar eclipse of August 30, 1905
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Total
Gamma 0.5708
Magnitude 1.0477
Maximum eclipse
Duration 226 sec (3 m 46 s)
Coordinates 42°30′N 4°18′W / 42.5°N 4.3°W / 42.5; -4.3
Max. width of band 192 km (119 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 13:07:26
References
Saros 143 (17 of 72)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9293

A total solar eclipse occurred on August 30, 1905. 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.

Scientists came from all over the world to Alcalà de Xivert in Spain to watch the eclipse on August 30, 1905.[1]

Solar eclipses of 1902-1907

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 1902-1907
Descending node   Ascending node
108April 8, 1902

Partial		 118March 29, 1903

Annular
123September 21, 1903

Total		 128March 17, 1904

Annular
133September 9, 1904

Total		 138March 6, 1905

Annular
143August 30, 1905

Total		 148February 23, 1906

Partial
153August 20, 1906

Partial

Solar 143

It is a part of Saros cycle 143, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 72 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on March 7, 1617 and total event from June 24, 1797 through October 24, 1995. It has hybrid eclipses from November 3, 2013 through December 6, 2067, and annular eclipses from December 16, 2085 through September 16, 2536. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on April 23, 2873. The longest duration of totality was 3 minutes, 50 seconds on August 19, 1887.[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ Fabricio Cardenas, Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, Eclipse solaire de 1905 à Perpignan, 20 March 2015
  2. ↑ http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEsaros/SEsaros143.html

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