Solar eclipse of August 31, 1913 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Partial |
Gamma | 1.4512 |
Magnitude | 0.1513 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Coordinates | 61°30′N 26°48′W / 61.5°N 26.8°W |
Times ( UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 20:52:12 |
References | |
Saros | 114 (71 of 72) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9312 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred on August 31, 1913. [1] [2] 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. [3]
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 |
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, progressing from north to south between April 8, 1902, and August 31, 1989: | ||||
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April 7–8 | January 24–25 | November 12 | August 31-September 1 | June 19–20 |
108 | 114 | 116 | ||
April 8, 1902 |
August 31, 1913 |
June 19, 1917 | ||
118 | 120 | 122 | 124 | 126 |
April 8, 1921 |
January 24, 1925 |
November 12, 1928 |
August 31, 1932 |
June 19, 1936 |
128 | 130 | 132 | 134 | 136 |
April 7, 1940 |
January 25, 1944 |
November 12, 1947 |
September 1, 1951 |
June 20, 1955 |
138 | 140 | 142 | 144 | 146 |
April 8, 1959 |
January 25, 1963 |
November 12, 1966 |
August 31, 1970 |
June 20, 1974 |
148 | 150 | 152 | 154 | |
April 7, 1978 |
January 25, 1982 |
November 12, 1985 |
August 31, 1989 |