Solar eclipse of August 20, 1906
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma1.3731
Magnitude0.3147
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates70°48′N 66°24′W / 70.8°N 66.4°W / 70.8; -66.4
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse1:12:50
References
Saros153 (3 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000)9295

A partial solar eclipse occurred on August 20, 1906[1][2]. 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.[3]

Solar eclipses 1902–1907

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.[4]

Solar eclipse series sets from 1902–1907
Descending node   Ascending node
108April 8, 1902

Partial		 113October 1, 1902
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

Notes

  1. ↑ "DIDN'T SEE ANY ECLIPSE OF THE SUN". The Eugene Guard. Eugene, Oregon. 1906-08-20. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-11-01 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "ECLIPSE DID NOT AFFECT THE RAYS OF OLD SOL IN OMAHA". Omaha World-Herald. Omaha, Nebraska. 1906-08-20. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-11-01 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "What Is a Solar Eclipse?". www.timeanddate.com. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  4. ↑ 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.

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