Solar eclipse of August 10, 1915
Solar eclipse of August 10, 1915 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Annular |
Gamma | 0.0124 |
Magnitude | 0.9853 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 93 s (1 min 33 s) |
Coordinates | 16°24′N 161°24′W / 16.4°N 161.4°W |
Max. width of band | 52 km (32 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 22:52:25 |
References | |
Saros | 134 (38 of 71) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9316 |
An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Tuesday, August 10, 1915,[1][2][3] with a magnitude of 0.9853. 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. Annularity was visible from the Pacific Ocean, with the only land being Haha-jima Group in Japan, where the eclipse occurred on August 11 because it is west of International Date Line.
Related eclipses
[edit]Eclipses in 1915
[edit]- A penumbral lunar eclipse on January 31, 1915.
- An annular solar eclipse on February 14, 1915.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on March 1, 1915.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on July 26, 1915.
- An annular solar eclipse on August 10, 1915.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on August 24, 1915.
Metonic
[edit]- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 22, 1911
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 29, 1919
Tzolkinex
[edit]- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 28, 1908
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 21, 1922
Half-Saros
[edit]- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 4, 1906
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of August 14, 1924
Tritos
[edit]- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 9, 1904
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 9, 1926
Solar Saros 134
[edit]- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 29, 1897
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 21, 1933
Inex
[edit]- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 29, 1886
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 20, 1944
Triad
[edit]- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 9, 1828
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 10, 2002
Solar eclipses of 1913–1917
[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.[4]
The partial solar eclipses on April 6, 1913 and September 30, 1913 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set, and the solar eclipses on December 24, 1916 (partial), June 19, 1917 (partial), and December 14, 1917 (annular) occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.
Solar eclipse series sets from 1913 to 1917 | ||||||
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Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
114 | August 31, 1913![]() Partial |
1.4512 | 119 | February 25, 1914![]() Annular |
−0.9416 | |
124 | August 21, 1914![]() Total |
0.7655 | 129 | February 14, 1915![]() Annular |
−0.2024 | |
134 | August 10, 1915![]() Annular |
0.0124 | 139![]() |
February 3, 1916![]() Total |
0.4987 | |
144 | July 30, 1916![]() Annular |
−0.7709 | 149 | January 23, 1917![]() Partial |
1.1508 | |
154 | July 19, 1917![]() Partial |
−1.5101 |
Saros 134
[edit]This eclipse is a part of Saros series 134, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on June 22, 1248. It contains total eclipses from October 9, 1428 through December 24, 1554; hybrid eclipses from January 3, 1573 through June 27, 1843; and annular eclipses from July 8, 1861 through May 21, 2384. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on August 6, 2510. 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 11 at 1 minutes, 30 seconds on October 9, 1428, and the longest duration of annularity will be produced by member 52 at 10 minutes, 55 seconds on January 10, 2168. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.[5]
Series members 32–53 occur between 1801 and 2200: | ||
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32 | 33 | 34 |
![]() June 6, 1807 |
![]() June 16, 1825 |
![]() June 27, 1843 |
35 | 36 | 37 |
![]() July 8, 1861 |
![]() July 19, 1879 |
![]() July 29, 1897 |
38 | 39 | 40 |
![]() August 10, 1915 |
![]() August 21, 1933 |
![]() September 1, 1951 |
41 | 42 | 43 |
![]() September 11, 1969 |
![]() September 23, 1987 |
![]() October 3, 2005 |
44 | 45 | 46 |
![]() October 14, 2023 |
![]() October 25, 2041 |
![]() November 5, 2059 |
47 | 48 | 49 |
![]() November 15, 2077 |
![]() November 27, 2095 |
![]() December 8, 2113 |
50 | 51 | 52 |
![]() December 19, 2131 |
![]() December 30, 2149 |
![]() January 10, 2168 |
53 | ||
![]() January 20, 2186 |
Tritos series
[edit]This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
Series members between 1801 and 2200 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() June 16, 1806 (Saros 124) |
![]() May 16, 1817 (Saros 125) |
![]() April 14, 1828 (Saros 126) |
![]() March 15, 1839 (Saros 127) |
![]() February 12, 1850 (Saros 128) |
![]() January 11, 1861 (Saros 129) |
![]() December 12, 1871 (Saros 130) |
![]() November 10, 1882 (Saros 131) |
![]() October 9, 1893 (Saros 132) |
![]() September 9, 1904 (Saros 133) |
![]() August 10, 1915 (Saros 134) |
![]() July 9, 1926 (Saros 135) |
![]() June 8, 1937 (Saros 136) |
![]() May 9, 1948 (Saros 137) |
![]() April 8, 1959 (Saros 138) |
![]() March 7, 1970 (Saros 139) |
![]() February 4, 1981 (Saros 140) |
![]() January 4, 1992 (Saros 141) |
![]() December 4, 2002 (Saros 142) |
![]() November 3, 2013 (Saros 143) |
![]() October 2, 2024 (Saros 144) |
![]() September 2, 2035 (Saros 145) |
![]() August 2, 2046 (Saros 146) |
![]() July 1, 2057 (Saros 147) |
![]() May 31, 2068 (Saros 148) |
![]() May 1, 2079 (Saros 149) |
![]() March 31, 2090 (Saros 150) |
![]() February 28, 2101 (Saros 151) |
![]() January 29, 2112 (Saros 152) |
![]() December 28, 2122 (Saros 153) |
![]() November 26, 2133 (Saros 154) |
![]() October 26, 2144 (Saros 155) |
![]() September 26, 2155 (Saros 156) |
![]() August 25, 2166 (Saros 157) |
![]() July 25, 2177 (Saros 158) |
![]() June 24, 2188 (Saros 159) |
![]() May 24, 2199 (Saros 160) |
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). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's descending node.
22 eclipse events between March 16, 1866 and August 9, 1953 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
March 16–17 | January 1–3 | October 20–22 | August 9–10 | May 27–29 |
108 | 110 | 112 | 114 | 116 |
![]() March 16, 1866 |
![]() August 9, 1877 |
![]() May 27, 1881 | ||
118 | 120 | 122 | 124 | 126 |
![]() March 16, 1885 |
![]() January 1, 1889 |
![]() October 20, 1892 |
![]() August 9, 1896 |
![]() May 28, 1900 |
128 | 130 | 132 | 134 | 136 |
![]() March 17, 1904 |
![]() January 3, 1908 |
![]() October 22, 1911 |
![]() August 10, 1915 |
![]() May 29, 1919 |
138 | 140 | 142 | 144 | 146 |
![]() March 17, 1923 |
![]() January 3, 1927 |
![]() October 21, 1930 |
![]() August 10, 1934 |
![]() May 29, 1938 |
148 | 150 | 152 | 154 | |
![]() March 16, 1942 |
![]() January 3, 1946 |
![]() October 21, 1949 |
![]() August 9, 1953 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Partial Eclipse of Sun Will Be Seen Here Today". The Honolulu Advertiser. Honolulu, Hawaii. 1915-08-10. p. 7. Retrieved 2023-11-12 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "FINAL 1915 ECLIPSE IS WITH US TODAY: It Will Only Be Annular, However (Whatever That Is)". The Washington Times. Washington, District of Columbia. 1915-08-10. p. 5. Retrieved 2023-11-12 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "SUN DARKENED AT NOONDAY BY FINE ECLIPSE". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Honolulu, Hawaii. 1915-08-10. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-11-12 – 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.
- ^ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 134". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
References
[edit]- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC