Solar eclipse of July 19, 1917

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Solar eclipse of July 19, 1917
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Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma-1.5101
Magnitude0.0863
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates63°42′S 101°48′E / 63.7°S 101.8°E / -63.7; 101.8
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse2:42:42
References
Saros154 (1 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)9321

A partial solar eclipse occurred on July 19, 1917. 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.

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.[1]

Solar eclipse series sets from 1913–1917
Descending node   Ascending node
114 August 31, 1913
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Partial
119 February 25, 1914
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Annular
124 August 21, 1914
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Total
129 February 14, 1915
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Annular
134 August 10, 1915
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Annular
139 February 3, 1916
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Total
144 July 30, 1916
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Annular
149 January 23, 1917
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Partial
154 July 19, 1917
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Partial

References[]

  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.

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