Solar eclipse of September 10, 1923
Solar eclipse of September 10, 1923 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Total |
Gamma | 0.5149 |
Magnitude | 1.043 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 217 s (3 min 37 s) |
Coordinates | 34°42′N 121°48′W / 34.7°N 121.8°W |
Max. width of band | 167 km (104 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 20:47:29 |
References | |
Saros | 143 (18 of 72) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9335 |
A total solar eclipse occurred on September 10, 1923. 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.
The path of totality crossed the Pacific Ocean, northwestern and northern Mexico, Yucatan peninsula, Belize. The eclipse was over 90% in Los Angeles, San Diego and Santa Barbara in the Southern California coast.
Related eclipses
Solar eclipses of 1921-1924
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]
The partial solar eclipse on July 31, 1924 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set.
Solar eclipse series sets from 1921 to 1924 | ||||||
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Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
118 | April 8, 1921 Annular |
0.8869 | 123 | October 1, 1921 Total |
−0.9383 | |
128 | March 28, 1922 Annular |
0.1711 | 133 | September 21, 1922 Total |
−0.213 | |
138 | March 17, 1923 Annular |
−0.5438 | 143 | September 10, 1923 Total |
0.5149 | |
148 | March 5, 1924 Partial |
−1.2232 | 153 | August 30, 1924 Partial |
1.3123 |
Solar 143
This eclipse is a part of Saros series 143, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 72 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on March 7, 1617. It contains total eclipses from June 24, 1797 through October 24, 1995; hybrid eclipses from November 3, 2013 through December 6, 2067; and annular eclipses from December 16, 2085 through September 16, 2536. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on April 23, 2897. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.
The longest duration of totality was produced by member 16 at 3 minutes, 50 seconds on August 19, 1887, and the longest duration of annularity will be produced by member 51 at 4 minutes, 54 seconds on September 6, 2518. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.[2]
Series members 12–33 occur between 1801 and 2200: | ||
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12 | 13 | 14 |
July 6, 1815 |
July 17, 1833 |
July 28, 1851 |
15 | 16 | 17 |
August 7, 1869 |
August 19, 1887 |
August 30, 1905 |
18 | 19 | 20 |
September 10, 1923 |
September 21, 1941 |
October 2, 1959 |
21 | 22 | 23 |
October 12, 1977 |
October 24, 1995 |
November 3, 2013 |
24 | 25 | 26 |
November 14, 2031 |
November 25, 2049 |
December 6, 2067 |
27 | 28 | 29 |
December 16, 2085 |
December 29, 2103 |
January 8, 2122 |
30 | 31 | 32 |
January 20, 2140 |
January 30, 2158 |
February 10, 2176 |
33 | ||
February 21, 2194 |
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.
- ^ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 143". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
References
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
- Foto and sketchs of Solar Corona September 10, 1923