Solar eclipse of October 31, 1902
A partial solar eclipse occurred on October 31, 1902. 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 October 31, 1902 | |
|---|---|
 Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Partial |
| Gamma | 1.1556 |
| Magnitude | 0.696 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Coordinates | 70.8°N 100.8°E |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 8:00:18 |
| References | |
| Saros | 151 (8 of 72) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9287 |
Related eclipses
Solar eclipses 1901–1902
This eclipse is a member of the 1898–1902 solar eclipse 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.
| Solar eclipse series sets from 1898–1902 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||
| 111 | December 13, 1898 Partial |
116 | June 8, 1899 Partial | |
| 121 | December 3, 1899 Annular |
126 | May 28, 1900 Total | |
| 131 | November 22, 1900 Annular |
136 | May 18, 1901 Total | |
| 141 | November 11, 1901 Annular |
146 | May 7, 1902 Partial | |
| 151 | October 31, 1902 Partial | |||
Note: The partial solar eclipse of April 8, 1902, the annular solar eclipse of March 29, 1903 and the total solar eclipse of September 21, 1903 occur during the next lunar year set.
Notes
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References
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
External links
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