Solar eclipse of December 23, 1908

Solar eclipse of December 23, 1908
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Hybrid
Gamma -0.4985
Magnitude 1.0024
Maximum eclipse
Duration 12 sec (0 m 12 s)
Coordinates 53°24′S 0°30′W / 53.4°S 0.5°W / -53.4; -0.5
Max. width of band 10 km (6.2 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 11:44:28
References
Saros 140 (23 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9301

A total solar eclipse occurred on December 23, 1908. 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 is a hybrid, starting and ending as an annular eclipse.

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

Partial

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