Solar eclipse of March 29, 1903
| Solar eclipse of March 29, 1903 | |
|---|---|
 Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Annular |
| Gamma | 0.8413 |
| Magnitude | 0.9767 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 113 s (1 min 53 s) |
| Coordinates | 56°12′N 130°18′E / 56.2°N 130.3°E |
| Max. width of band | 153 km (95 mi) |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 1:35:23 |
| References | |
| Saros | 118 (62 of 72) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9288 |
An annular solar eclipse occurred on March 29, 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. 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.
Related eclipses
Solar eclipses 1902-1907
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 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 | |
Notes
- ^ 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.
References
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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