Solar eclipse of December 24, 1916

Solar eclipse of December 24, 1916
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Partial
Gamma -1.5321
Magnitude 0.0114
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates 65°42′S 32°06′E / 65.7°S 32.1°E / -65.7; 32.1
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 20:46:22
References
Saros 111 (78 of 79)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9320

A partial solar eclipse occurred on December 24, 1916. 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. This minor eclipse was only visible off shore from Antarctica.

Solar eclipses 1916-1920

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 1916-1920
Ascending node   Descending node
111December 24, 1916

Partial
116June 19, 1917

Partial
121December 14, 1917

Annular
126June 8, 1918

Total
131December 3, 1918

Annular
136May 29, 1919

Total
141November 22, 1919

Annular
146May 18, 1920

Partial
151November 10, 1920

Partial

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