Solar eclipse of January 23, 1917 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Partial |
Gamma | 1.1508 |
Magnitude | 0.7254 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Coordinates | 63°12′N 25°36′E / 63.2°N 25.6°E |
Times ( UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 7:28:31 |
References | |
Saros | 149 (15 of 71) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9319 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred on January 23, 1917. 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 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. [1]
Solar eclipse series sets from 1913 to 1917 | ||||
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Descending node | Ascending node | |||
114 |
August 31, 1913 Partial |
119 |
February 25, 1914 Annular | |
124 |
August 21, 1914 Total |
129 |
February 14, 1915 Annular | |
134 |
August 10, 1915 Annular |
139 |
February 3, 1916 Total | |
144 |
July 30, 1916 Annular |
149 |
January 23, 1917 Partial | |
154 |
July 19, 1917 Partial |