Solar eclipse of February 23, 1906

A partial solar eclipse occurred on February 23, 1906. 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 February 23, 1906
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma-1.2479
Magnitude0.5386
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates71.4°S 170.3°W / -71.4; -170.3
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse7:43:20
References
Saros148 (15 of 75)
Catalog # (SE5000)9294

Solar eclipses 1902–1907

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]

Notes

  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.

References

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