Solar eclipse of July 19, 1917

A partial solar eclipse occurred on July 19, 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.

Solar eclipse of July 19, 1917
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma-1.5101
Magnitude0.0863
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates63.7°S 101.8°E / -63.7; 101.8
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse2:42:42
References
Saros154 (1 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)9321

Solar eclipses of 1913–1917

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]

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References

  1. van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
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