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 eclipse of August 20, 1906 | |
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Map | |
Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Partial |
Gamma | 1.3731 |
Magnitude | 0.3147 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Coordinates | 70°48′N 66°24′W / 70.8°N 66.4°W |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 1:12:50 |
References | |
Saros | 153 (3 of 70) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9295 |
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 to 1907 | ||||
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Descending node | Ascending node | |||
108 | April 8, 1902 Partial |
113 | October 1, 1902 | |
118 | March 29, 1903 Annular |
123 | September 21, 1903 Total | |
128 | March 17, 1904 Annular |
133 | September 9, 1904 Total | |
138 | March 6, 1905 Annular |
143 | August 30, 1905 Total | |
148 | February 23, 1906 Partial |
153 | August 20, 1906 Partial |