Solar eclipse of May 7, 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

It is a part of Saros cycle 146, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 76 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on September 19, 1541. It contains total eclipses from May 29, 1938 through October 7, 2154, hybrid eclipses from October 17, 2172 through November 20, 2226, and annular eclipses from December 1, 2244 through August 10, 2659. The series ends at member 76 as a partial eclipse on December 29, 2893. The longest duration of totality was 5 minutes, 21 seconds on June 30, 1992.

Series members 21-37 occur between 1901 and 2200:
21	22	23
May 7, 1902	May 18, 1920	May 29, 1938
24	25	26
June 8, 1956	June 20, 1974	June 30, 1992
27	28	29
July 11, 2010	July 22, 2028	August 2, 2046
30	31	32
August 12, 2064	August 24, 2082	September 4, 2100
33	34	35
September 15, 2118	September 26, 2136	October 7, 2154
36	37
October 17, 2172	October 29, 2190