Solar eclipse of November 22, 1919

Solar eclipse of November 22, 1919
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Annular
Gamma 0.4549
Magnitude 0.9198
Maximum eclipse
Duration 697 sec (11 m 37 s)
Coordinates 6°54′N 48°54′W / 6.9°N 48.9°W / 6.9; -48.9
Max. width of band 341 km (212 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 15:14:12
References
Saros 141 (18 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9327

An annular solar eclipse occurred on November 22, 1919. 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 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

Saros 141

Solar Saros 141 repeats every 18 years, 11 days and contains 70 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on May 19, 1613. It contains annular eclipses from August 4, 1739 through October 14, 2460. There are no total eclipses in this series. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on June 13, 2857. [1]

Notes

  1. "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 141". Eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2012-03-15.

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