Solar eclipse of May 9, 1910

Solar eclipse of May 9, 1910
Solar eclipse of May 9, 1910
	Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Total
Gamma	-0.9437
Magnitude	1.06
Maximum eclipse
Duration	255 sec (4 m 15 s)
Coordinates	48°12′S 125°12′E / 48.2°S 125.2°E
Max. width of band	594 km (369 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	5:42:13
References
Saros	117 (63 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9304

A total solar eclipse occurred on May 9, 1910. 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 total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. Totality was visible from part of Wilkes Land in Antarctica and Tasmania in Australia.

Related eclipses[]

Solar eclipses of 1910–1913[]

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 1910–1913
Ascending node		Descending node
117	May 9, 1910 Total	122	November 2, 1910 Partial
127	April 28, 1911 Total	132	October 22, 1911 Annular
137	April 17, 1912 Hybrid	142	October 10, 1912 Total
147	April 6, 1913 Partial	152	September 30, 1913 Partial

Metonic series[]

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).

21 eclipse events between July 21, 1906 and July 20, 1982
July 20–21	May 9	February 24–25	December 13–14	October 1–2
105	107	109	111	113
			December 13, 1898
115	117	119	121	123
July 21, 1906	May 9, 1910	February 25, 1914	December 14, 1917	October 1, 1921
125	127	129	131	133
July 20, 1925	May 9, 1929	February 24, 1933	December 13, 1936	October 1, 1940
135	137	139	141	143
July 20, 1944	May 9, 1948	February 25, 1952	December 14, 1955	October 2, 1959
145	147	149	151	153
July 20, 1963	May 9, 1967	February 25, 1971	December 13, 1974	October 2, 1978
155
July 20, 1982