Solar eclipse of April 8, 1902

Solar eclipse of April 8, 1902
Solar eclipse of April 8, 1902
	Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Partial
Gamma	1.5024
Magnitude	0.0643
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates	71°42′N 142°24′W / 71.7°N 142.4°W
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	14:05:06
References
Saros	108 (76 of 76)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9286

A partial solar eclipse occurred on April 8, 1902.^[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. A partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth. This was the 76th and final event from Solar Saros 108.

Related eclipses[edit]

Solar eclipses 1902–1907[edit]

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 1902 to 1907
Descending node		Ascending node
108	April 8, 1902 Partial	113	October 1, 1902
118	March 29, 1903 Annular	123	September 21, 1903 Total
128	March 17, 1904 Annular	133	September 9, 1904 Total
138	March 6, 1905 Annular	143	August 30, 1905 Total
148	February 23, 1906 Partial	153	August 20, 1906 Partial

Metonic series[edit]

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, progressing from north to south between April 8, 1902, and August 31, 1989:
April 7–8	January 24–25	November 12	August 31-September 1	June 19–20
108	110	112	114	116
April 8, 1902			August 31, 1913	June 19, 1917
118	120	122	124	126
April 8, 1921	January 24, 1925	November 12, 1928	August 31, 1932	June 19, 1936
128	130	132	134	136
April 7, 1940	January 25, 1944	November 12, 1947	September 1, 1951	June 20, 1955
138	140	142	144	146
April 8, 1959	January 25, 1963	November 12, 1966	August 31, 1970	June 20, 1974
148	150	152	154	156
April 7, 1978	January 25, 1982	November 12, 1985	August 31, 1989

Notes[edit]

^ "There was an eclipse of the sun to-day". The Gazette. Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 1902-04-08. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-10-27 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "City items". The Dayton Herald. Dayton, Ohio. 1902-04-09. p. 10. Retrieved 2023-10-27 – via Newspapers.com.
^ 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.