Solar eclipse of February 23, 1906

20th-century partial solar eclipse
71°24′S 170°18′W / 71.4°S 170.3°W / -71.4; -170.3Times (UTC)Greatest eclipse7:43:20ReferencesSaros148 (15 of 75)Catalog # (SE5000)9294

A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Friday, February 23, 1906,[1][2][3] with a magnitude of 0.5386. 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.

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 1906

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

  • Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of February 17, 1897
  • Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 1, 1915

Tritos

Solar Saros 148

Inex

Triad

Solar eclipses of 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 to 1907
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

Saros 148

Solar saros 148, repeating every about 18 years and 11 days, contains 75 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on September 21, 1653. It has annular eclipses on April 29, 2014, and May 9, 2032, and a hybrid eclipse on May 20, 2050. It has total eclipses from May 31, 2068, to August 3, 2771. The series ends at member 75 as a partial eclipse on December 12, 2987. The longest total eclipse will be on April 26, 2609, at 5 minutes and 23 seconds.[5]

Series members 15–25 occur between 1901 and 2100:
15 16 17

February 23, 1906
March 5, 1924
March 16, 1942
18 19 20

March 27, 1960
April 7, 1978
April 17, 1996
21 22 23

April 29, 2014
May 9, 2032
May 20, 2050
24 25

May 31, 2068
June 11, 2086

Notes

  1. ^ "Page 37". The Albury Banner, Wodonga Express and Riverina Stock Journal. Albury, New South Wales, Australia. 1906-02-23. p. 37. Retrieved 2023-11-01 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Partial eclipse of the sun". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 1906-02-24. p. 12. Retrieved 2023-11-01 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Partial sun eclipse". The Age. Melbourne, Victoria, Victoria, Australia. 1906-02-24. p. 11. Retrieved 2023-11-01 – via Newspapers.com.
  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.
  5. ^ Saros Series Catalog of Solar Eclipses NASA Eclipse Web Site.

References

  • Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
    • Besselian elements


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