Solar eclipse of January 3, 1908

Solar eclipse of January 3, 1908
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Total
Gamma	0.1934
Magnitude	1.0437
Maximum eclipse
Duration	254 sec (4 m 14 s)
Coordinates	11°48′S 145°06′W / 11.8°S 145.1°W
Max. width of band	149 km (93 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	21:45:22
References
Saros	130 (46 of 73)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9299

A total solar eclipse occurred on January 3, 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.

Observations

The eclipse was observed by astronomer William Wallace Campbell of Lick Observatory, viewed from Flint Island, Kiribati:^[1]

Related eclipses

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
115	July 21, 1906 Partial		120	January 14, 1907 Total
125	July 10, 1907 Annular		130	January 3, 1908 Total
135	June 28, 1908 Annular		140	December 23, 1908 Hybrid
145	June 17, 1909 Hybrid		150	December 12, 1909 Partial

Saros 130

It is a part of Saros cycle 130, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 73 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on August 20, 1096. It contains total eclipses from April 5, 1475 through July 18, 2232. The series ends at member 73 as a partial eclipse on October 25, 2394. The longest duration of totality was 6 minutes, 41 seconds on July 11, 1619.^[2]

Series members 43–56 between 1853 and 2100
43	44	45
November 30, 1853	December 12, 1871	December 22, 1889
46	47	48
January 3, 1908	January 14, 1926	January 25, 1944
49	50	51
February 5, 1962	February 16, 1980	February 26, 1998
52	53	54
March 9, 2016	March 20, 2034	March 30, 2052
55	56
April 11, 2070	April 21, 2088

Notes

1. Powerhouse Museum. "Solar Eclipse, Flint Island, Kiribati, 1908". Powerhouse Museum, Australia. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
2. "Saros Series catalog of solar eclipses". NASA.

References

• Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
  • Google interactive map
  • Besselian elements
• Photo of Solar Corona January 3, 1908