Solar eclipse of May 9, 1910 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Total |
Gamma | −0.9437 |
Magnitude | 1.06 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 255 s (4 min 15 s) |
Coordinates | 48°12′S 125°12′E / 48.2°S 125.2°E |
Max. width of band | 594 km (369 mi) |
Times ( UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 5:42:13 |
References | |
Saros | 117 (63 of 71) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9304 |
A total solar eclipse occurred on May 9, 1910. [1] [2] [3] 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 total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. Totality was visible from part of Wilkes Land in Antarctica and Tasmania in Australia.
Except for Antarctica, the only land covered by the path of totality was the central and southern parts of Tasmania. The eclipse occurred in winter when Tasmania is usually rainy with bad observation conditions. However, British pioneer aviator Francis McClean still organized and led a team to Port Davey on the southwestern coast of Tasmania, but in the end failed to make observations due to rainy weather. In addition, observations on Bruny Island, southeast of Tasmania also failed due to the weather. Zeehan and Strahan on the west coast of Tasmania were clear during the partial phase, but had poor weather during the total phase. Queenstown, located slightly inland, was one of the few places where the entire process of the eclipse was seen. Some observers took images of the corona there [4] [5].
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. [6]
Solar eclipse series sets from 1910 to 1913 | ||||
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Ascending node | Descending node | |||
117 |
May 9, 1910 Total |
122 |
November 2, 1910 Partial | |
127 |
April 28, 1911 Total |
132 |
October 22, 1911 Annular | |
137 |
April 17, 1912 Hybrid |
142 |
October 10, 1912 Total | |
147 |
April 6, 1913 Partial |
152 |
September 30, 1913 Partial |
The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days).
22 eclipse events between December 13, 1898 and July 20, 1982 | ||||
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December 13–14 | October 1–2 | July 20–21 | May 9 | February 24–25 |
111 | 113 | 115 | 117 | 119 |
December 13, 1898 |
July 21, 1906 |
May 9, 1910 |
February 25, 1914 | |
121 | 123 | 125 | 127 | 129 |
December 14, 1917 |
October 1, 1921 |
July 20, 1925 |
May 9, 1929 |
February 24, 1933 |
131 | 133 | 135 | 137 | 139 |
December 13, 1936 |
October 1, 1940 |
July 20, 1944 |
May 9, 1948 |
February 25, 1952 |
141 | 143 | 145 | 147 | 149 |
December 14, 1955 |
October 2, 1959 |
July 20, 1963 |
May 9, 1967 |
February 25, 1971 |
151 | 153 | 155 | ||
December 13, 1974 |
October 2, 1978 |
July 20, 1982 |