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
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Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma1.1556
Magnitude0.696
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates70.8°N 100.8°E / 70.8; 100.8
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse8:00:18
References
Saros151 (8 of 72)
Catalog # (SE5000)9287

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.

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.

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