Solar eclipse of December 3, 1918

Solar eclipse of December 3, 1918
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Annular
Gamma -0.2387
Magnitude 0.9383
Maximum eclipse
Duration 426 sec (7 m 6 s)
Coordinates 36°06′S 53°42′W / 36.1°S 53.7°W / -36.1; -53.7
Max. width of band 236 km (147 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 15:22:02
References
Saros 131 (45 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9325

An annular solar eclipse occurred on December 3, 1918. 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide.

Solar eclipses of 1916-1920

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 1916-1920
Ascending node   Descending node
111December 24, 1916

Partial
116June 19, 1917

Partial
121December 14, 1917

Annular
126June 8, 1918

Total
131December 3, 1918

Annular
136May 29, 1919

Total
141November 22, 1919

Annular
146May 18, 1920

Partial
151November 10, 1920

Partial

Saros 131

It is a part of Saros cycle 131, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 70 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on August 1, 1125. It contains total eclipses from March 27, 1522 through May 30, 1612 and hybrid eclipses from June 10, 1630 through July 24, 1702, and annular eclipses from August 4, 1720 through June 18, 2243. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on September 2, 2369. The longest duration of totality was only 58 seconds on May 30, 1612.[1]

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