Solar eclipse of July 30, 1916

Solar eclipse of July 30, 1916
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Annular
Gamma -0.7709
Magnitude 0.9447
Maximum eclipse
Duration 384 sec (6 m 24 s)
Coordinates 29°00′S 132°24′E / 29°S 132.4°E / -29; 132.4
Max. width of band 313 km (194 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 2:06:10
References
Saros 144 (11 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9318

An annular solar eclipse occurred on July 30, 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide.

Solar eclipses of 1913-1917

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 1913-1917
Descending node   Ascending node
114August 31, 1913

Partial
119February 25, 1914

Annular
124August 21, 1914

Total
129February 14, 1915

Annular
134August 10, 1915

Annular
139February 3, 1916

Total
144July 30, 1916

Annular
149January 23, 1917

Partial
154July 19, 1917

Partial

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