Solar eclipse of December 3, 1918

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Solar eclipse of December 3, 1918
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Map
Type of eclipse
NatureAnnular
Gamma −0.2387
Magnitude 0.9383
Maximum eclipse
Duration426 s (7 min 6 s)
Coordinates 36°06′S53°42′W / 36.1°S 53.7°W / -36.1; -53.7
Max. width of band236 km (147 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse15:22:02
References
Saros 131 (45 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9325

An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Tuesday, December 3, 1918, with a magnitude of 0.9383. 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 Chile including the capital city Santiago, Argentina including capital Buenos Aires, southern Uruguay including capital Montevideo, northeastern tip of South West Africa (today's Namibia) and southwestern Portuguese Angola (today's Angola). Aconcagua, the highest mountain outside Asia, also lies in the path of annularity.

Contents

Eclipses in 1918

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 131

Inex

Triad

Solar eclipses of 1916–1920

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 solar eclipses on February 3, 1916 (total), July 30, 1916 (annular), January 23, 1917 (partial), and July 19, 1917 (partial) occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1916 to 1920
Ascending node Descending node
SarosMapGammaSarosMapGamma
111 December 24, 1916
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Partial
−1.5321116 June 19, 1917
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Partial
1.2857
121 December 14, 1917
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Annular
−0.9157126 June 8, 1918
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Total
0.4658
131 December 3, 1918
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Annular
−0.2387136
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Totality in Príncipe
May 29, 1919
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Total
−0.2955
141 November 22, 1919
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Annular
0.4549146 May 18, 1920
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Partial
−1.0239
151 November 10, 1920
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Partial
1.1287

Saros 131

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 131, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 70 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on August 1, 1125. It contains total eclipses from March 27, 1522 through May 30, 1612; hybrid eclipses from June 10, 1630 through July 24, 1702; and annular eclipses from August 4, 1720 through June 18, 2243. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on September 2, 2369. 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 28 at 58 seconds on May 30, 1612, and the longest duration of annularity was produced by member 50 at 7 minutes, 54 seconds on January 26, 2009. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit. [2]

Series members 39–60 occur between 1801 and 2200:
394041
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September 28, 1810
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October 9, 1828
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October 20, 1846
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October 30, 1864
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November 10, 1882
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November 22, 1900
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December 3, 1918
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December 13, 1936
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December 25, 1954
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January 4, 1973
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January 15, 1991
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January 26, 2009
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February 6, 2027
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February 16, 2045
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February 28, 2063
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March 10, 2081
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March 21, 2099
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April 2, 2117
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April 13, 2135
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April 23, 2153
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May 5, 2171
60
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May 15, 2189

Metonic series

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 ascending node.

22 eclipse events between December 2, 1880 and July 9, 1964
December 2–3September 20–21July 9–10April 26–28February 13–14
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December 2, 1880
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July 9, 1888
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April 26, 1892
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February 13, 1896
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December 3, 1899
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September 21, 1903
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July 10, 1907
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April 28, 1911
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February 14, 1915
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December 3, 1918
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September 21, 1922
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July 9, 1926
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April 28, 1930
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February 14, 1934
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December 2, 1937
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September 21, 1941
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July 9, 1945
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April 28, 1949
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February 14, 1953
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December 2, 1956
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September 20, 1960
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July 9, 1964

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.

Series members between 1801 and 2200
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October 9, 1809
(Saros 121)
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September 7, 1820
(Saros 122)
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August 7, 1831
(Saros 123)
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July 8, 1842
(Saros 124)
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June 6, 1853
(Saros 125)
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May 6, 1864
(Saros 126)
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April 6, 1875
(Saros 127)
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March 5, 1886
(Saros 128)
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February 1, 1897
(Saros 129)
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January 3, 1908
(Saros 130)
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December 3, 1918
(Saros 131)
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November 1, 1929
(Saros 132)
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October 1, 1940
(Saros 133)
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September 1, 1951
(Saros 134)
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July 31, 1962
(Saros 135)
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June 30, 1973
(Saros 136)
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May 30, 1984
(Saros 137)
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April 29, 1995
(Saros 138)
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March 29, 2006
(Saros 139)
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February 26, 2017
(Saros 140)
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January 26, 2028
(Saros 141)
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December 26, 2038
(Saros 142)
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November 25, 2049
(Saros 143)
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October 24, 2060
(Saros 144)
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September 23, 2071
(Saros 145)
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August 24, 2082
(Saros 146)
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July 23, 2093
(Saros 147)
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June 22, 2104
(Saros 148)
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May 24, 2115
(Saros 149)
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April 22, 2126
(Saros 150)
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March 21, 2137
(Saros 151)
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February 19, 2148
(Saros 152)
Saros153 17van70 SE2159Jan19A.jpg
January 19, 2159
(Saros 153)
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December 18, 2169
(Saros 154)
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November 17, 2180
(Saros 155)
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October 18, 2191
(Saros 156)

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.

Series members between 1801 and 2200
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February 21, 1803
(Saros 127)
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February 1, 1832
(Saros 128)
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January 11, 1861
(Saros 129)
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December 22, 1889
(Saros 130)
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December 3, 1918
(Saros 131)
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November 12, 1947
(Saros 132)
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October 23, 1976
(Saros 133)
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October 3, 2005
(Saros 134)
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September 12, 2034
(Saros 135)
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August 24, 2063
(Saros 136)
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August 3, 2092
(Saros 137)
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July 14, 2121
(Saros 138)
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June 25, 2150
(Saros 139)
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June 5, 2179
(Saros 140)

Notes

  1. 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.
  2. "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 131". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.

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