Solar eclipse of January 14, 1907

Solar eclipse of January 14, 1907
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Total
Gamma 0.8628
Magnitude 1.0281
Maximum eclipse
Duration 145 sec (2 m 25 s)
Coordinates 38°18′N 86°24′E / 38.3°N 86.4°E / 38.3; 86.4
Max. width of band 189 km (117 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 6:05:43
References
Saros 120 (55 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9297

A total solar eclipse occurred on January 14, 1907. 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.

Observations

Supervision of a solar eclipse near station Chernjaevo on January, 1st, 1907

Observations of the solar eclipse were made from the Tian Shan Mountains.

Solar eclipses 1906-1909

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 1906-1909
Ascending node   Descending node
115July 21, 1906

Partial
120January 14, 1907

Total
125July 10, 1907

Annular
130January 3, 1908

Total
135June 28, 1908

Annular
140December 23, 1908

Hybrid
145June 17, 1909

Hybrid
150December 12, 1909

Partial

Saros 120

It is a part of Saros cycle 120, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on May 27, 933 AD, and reached an annular eclipse on August 11, 1059. It was a hybrid event for 3 dates: May 8, 1510, through May 29, 1546, and total eclipses from June 8, 1564, through March 30, 2033. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on July 7, 2195. The longest duration of totality was 2 minutes, 50 seconds on March 9, 1997.[1]

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