Solar eclipse of May 18, 1901
| Solar eclipse of May 18, 1901 | |
|---|---|
 Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Total |
| Gamma | -0.3626 |
| Magnitude | 1.068 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 389 sec (6 m 29 s) |
| Coordinates | 1°42′S 98°24′E / 1.7°S 98.4°E |
| Max. width of band | 238 km (148 mi) |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 5:33:48 |
| References | |
| Saros | 136 (31 of 71) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9283 |
A total solar eclipse occurred on May 18, 1901. 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. The path of totality crossed Madagascar, Réunion, Mauritius, Indonesia, Papua, New Guinea.
Related eclipses
Solar eclipses 1901-1902
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.
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 136 | May 18, 1901 Total |
141 | November 11, 1901 Annular | |
| 146 | May 7, 1902 Partial |
151 | October 31, 1902 Partial | |
Saros 136
Solar Saros 136, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, contains 71 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on Jun 14, 1360, and reached a first annular eclipse on September 8, 1504. It was a hybrid event from November 22, 1612, through January 17, 1703, and total eclipses from January 27, 1721 through May 13, 2496. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on July 30, 2622, with the entire series lasting 1262 years. The longest eclipse occurred on June 20, 1955, with a maximum duration of totality at 7 minutes, 8 seconds.[1]
| Series members 29–43 occur between 1865 and 2117 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 29 | 30 | 31 |
 April 25, 1865 |
 May 6, 1883 |
May 18, 1901 |
| 32 | 33 | 34 |
 May 29, 1919 |
 Jun 8, 1937 |
 Jun 20, 1955 |
| 35 | 36 | 37 |
 Jun 30, 1973 |
 Jul 11, 1991 |
 Jul 22, 2009 |
| 38 | 39 | 40 |
 Aug 2, 2027 |
 Aug 12, 2045 |
 Aug. 24, 2063 |
| 41 | 42 | 43 |
 Sep. 3, 2081 |
 Sep. 14, 2099 |
 Sep. 26, 2117 |
Notes
References
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
- Photo of Solar Corona May 18, 1901
- Eclipse of May 18, 1901 (Sumatra). Contact print from the original glass plate negative. Lick Observatory Plate Archive, Mt. Hamilton.
- Total Eclipse of the Sun, May 18, 1901 Reports on the Dutch Expedition to Karang Sago, Sumatra, by Dr. A. A. Nijland, March 1903, Utrecht, Published by the Eclipse Committee of the Royal Academy, Amsterdam
- Russia expedition for solar eclipse of May 18, 1901
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