| Solar eclipse of July 21, 1906 | |
|---|---|
 Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Partial |
| Gamma | −1.3637 |
| Magnitude | 0.3355 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Coordinates | 68°36′S 33°18′W / 68.6°S 33.3°W |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 13:14:19 |
| References | |
| Saros | 115 (70 of 72) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9296 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred on July 21, 1906.[1] 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.
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.[2]
| Solar eclipse series sets from 1906–1909 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||
| 115 | July 21, 1906 Partial |
120 | January 14, 1907 Total | |
| 125 | July 10, 1907 Annular |
130 | January 3, 1908 Total | |
| 135 | June 28, 1908 Annular |
140 | December 23, 1908 Hybrid | |
| 145 | June 17, 1909 Hybrid |
150 | December 12, 1909 Partial | |
The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days).
| 22 eclipse events between December 13, 1898, and July 20, 1982 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 13–14 | October 1–2 | July 20–21 | May 9 | February 24–25 |
| 111 | 113 | 115 | 117 | 119 |
 December 13, 1898 |
July 21, 1906 |
 May 9, 1910 |
 February 25, 1914 | |
| 121 | 123 | 125 | 127 | 129 |
 December 14, 1917 |
 October 1, 1921 |
 July 20, 1925 |
 May 9, 1929 |
 February 24, 1933 |
| 131 | 133 | 135 | 137 | 139 |
 December 13, 1936 |
 October 1, 1940 |
 July 20, 1944 |
 May 9, 1948 |
 February 25, 1952 |
| 141 | 143 | 145 | 147 | 149 |
 December 14, 1955 |
 October 2, 1959 |
 July 20, 1963 |
 May 9, 1967 |
 February 25, 1971 |
| 151 | 153 | 155 | ||
 December 13, 1974 |
 October 2, 1978 |
 July 20, 1982 | ||
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