Solar eclipse of July 30, 1916
Map
Type of eclipse
NatureAnnular
Gamma−0.7709
Magnitude0.9447
Maximum eclipse
Duration384 s (6 min 24 s)
Coordinates29°00′S 132°24′E / 29°S 132.4°E / -29; 132.4
Max. width of band313 km (194 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse2:06:10
References
Saros144 (11 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000)9318

An annular solar eclipse occurred on July 30, 1916.[1][2] 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. Annularity was visible from only one country, Australia.

Related eclipses

Solar eclipses of 1913–1917

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.[3]

Solar eclipse series sets from 1913 to 1917
Descending node   Ascending node
114 August 31, 1913

Partial 		119 February 25, 1914

Annular
124 August 21, 1914

Total 		129 February 14, 1915

Annular
134 August 10, 1915

Annular 		139 February 3, 1916

Total
144 July 30, 1916

Annular 		149 January 23, 1917

Partial
154 July 19, 1917

Partial

Saros 144

It is a part of Saros cycle 144, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 70 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on April 11, 1736. It contains annular eclipses from July 7, 1880 through August 27, 2565. There are no total eclipses in the series. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on May 5, 2980. The longest duration of annularity will be 9 minutes, 52 seconds on December 29, 2168.

Notes

  1. ^ "ECLIPSE OF THE SUN. A STRIKING SPECTACLE. CROWDS USE SMOKED GLASS. WORK IN OBSERVATORY". The Age. Melbourne, Victoria, Victoria, Australia. 1916-07-31. p. 8. Retrieved 2023-12-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "SOLAR ECLIPSE. SPLENDID VIEW IN SYDNEY". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia. 1916-07-31. p. 8. Retrieved 2023-12-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ 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.

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