Solar eclipse of September 9, 1904

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Solar eclipse of September 9, 1904
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Type of eclipse
NatureTotal
Gamma −0.1625
Magnitude 1.0709
Maximum eclipse
Duration380 s (6 min 20 s)
Coordinates 3°42′S134°30′W / 3.7°S 134.5°W / -3.7; -134.5
Max. width of band234 km (145 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse20:44:21
References
Saros 133 (39 of 72)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9291

A total solar eclipse occurred on September 9, 1904. [1] [2] [3] 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. Totality was visible from German New Guinea (the part now belonging to Marshall Islands) on September 10 and Chile on September 9.

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The event is mentioned in James Joyce's novel Ulysses .

Observations

The National Astronomical Observatory of Chile established an observation station in Taltal, Antofagasta, but the eclipse was clouded out and could not be seen. In the capital city Santiago, a partial eclipse was seen just before sunset [4] .

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. [5]

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

Saros 133

Solar Saros 133, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, contains 72 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on July 13, 1219. It contains annular eclipses from November 20, 1435, through January 13, 1526, with a hybrid eclipse on January 24, 1544. It has total eclipses from February 3, 1562, through June 21, 2373. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on September 5, 2499. The longest duration of totality was 6 minutes, 49.97 seconds on August 7, 1850. [6] The total eclipses of this saros series are getting shorter and farther south with each iteration. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon’s ascending node.

Series members 30–56 occur between 1742 and 2211
303132
June 3, 1742 June 13, 1760 SE1778Jun24T.png
June 24, 1778
333435
July 4, 1796 July 17, 1814 July 27, 1832
363738
August 7, 1850 SE1868Aug18T.png
August 18, 1868 		SE1886Aug29T.png
August 29, 1886
394041
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September 9, 1904 		SE1922Sep21T.png
September 21, 1922 		SE1940Oct01T.png
October 1, 1940
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October 12, 1958 		SE1976Oct23T.png
October 23, 1976 		SE1994Nov03T.png
November 3, 1994
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November 13, 2012 		SE2030Nov25T.png
November 25, 2030 		SE2048Dec05T.png
December 5, 2048
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December 17, 2066 		SE2084Dec27T.png
December 27, 2084 		SE2103Jan08T.png
January 8, 2103
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January 19, 2121		 SE2139Jan30T.png
January 30, 2139		 SE2157Feb09T.png
February 9, 2157
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February 21, 2175		 SE2193Mar03T.png
March 3, 2193		 SE2211Mar15T.png
March 15, 2211

Inex series

This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings. In the 18th century:

Inex series members between 1801 and 2200:
Near lunar perigeeAfter lunar apogee
Before lunar perigee		Before lunar apogee
After lunar perigee
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November 9, 1817
(Saros 130)		 SE1846Oct20A.png
October 20, 1846
(Saros 131)		 SE1875Sep29A.png
September 29, 1875
(Saros 132)
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September 9, 1904
(Saros 133)		 SE1933Aug21A.png
August 21, 1933
(Saros 134)		 SE1962Jul31A.png
July 31, 1962
(Saros 135)
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July 11, 1991
(Saros 136)		 SE2020Jun21A.png
June 21, 2020
(Saros 137)		 SE2049May31A.png
May 31, 2049
(Saros 138)
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May 11, 2078
(Saros 139)		 SE2107Apr23A.png
April 23, 2107
(Saros 140)		 SE2136Apr01A.png
April 1, 2136
(Saros 141)
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March 12, 2165
(Saros 142)		 SE2194Feb21A.png
February 21, 2194
(Saros 143)

In the 23rd century:

Tritos series

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.

Notes

  1. ↑ "To-day's eclipse". Evening Post. Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England. 1904-09-09. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-10-27– via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "SOLAR ECLIPSE". The Hawaiian Star. Honolulu, Hawaii. 1904-09-09. p. 8. Retrieved 2023-10-27– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Solar Eclipse and Earthquake Shock". Altoona Tribune. Altoona, Pennsylvania. 1904-09-10. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-10-27– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ W. W. Campbell (10 December 1904). "The Total Eclipse of September 9, 1904". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 16. Astronomical Society of the Pacific: 266–267.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEsaros/SEsaros133.html

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