Solar eclipse of September 21, 1903

Solar eclipse of September 21, 1903
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Total
Gamma -0.8967
Magnitude 1.0316
Maximum eclipse
Duration 132 sec (2 m 12 s)
Coordinates 58°00′S 77°12′E / 58°S 77.2°E / -58; 77.2
Max. width of band 241 km (150 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 4:39:52
References
Saros 123 (47 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9289

A total solar eclipse occurred on September 21, 1903. 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.

Solar eclipses 1902-1907

Each member 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.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1902-1907
Descending node   Ascending node
108April 8, 1902

Partial
118March 29, 1903

Annular
123September 21, 1903

Total
128March 17, 1904

Annular
133September 9, 1904

Total
138March 6, 1905

Annular
143August 30, 1905

Total
148February 23, 1906

Partial
153August 20, 1906

Partial

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