Solar eclipse of December 24, 1916
| Solar eclipse of December 24, 1916 | |
|---|---|
 Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Partial |
| Gamma | -1.5321 |
| Magnitude | 0.0114 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Coordinates | 65°42′S 32°06′E / 65.7°S 32.1°E |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 20:46:22 |
| References | |
| Saros | 111 (78 of 79) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9320 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred on December 24, 1916. 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 minor eclipse was only visible off shore from Antarctica.
Related eclipses
Solar eclipses 1916-1920
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.
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 111 | December 24, 1916 Partial |
116 | June 19, 1917 Partial | |
| 121 | December 14, 1917 Annular |
126 | June 8, 1918 Total | |
| 131 | December 3, 1918 Annular |
136 | May 29, 1919 Total | |
| 141 | November 22, 1919 Annular |
146 | May 18, 1920 Partial | |
| 151 | November 10, 1920 Partial | |||
Notes
References
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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