Solar eclipse of March 29, 1903

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Solar eclipse of March 29, 1903
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Map
Type of eclipse
NatureAnnular
Gamma 0.8413
Magnitude 0.9767
Maximum eclipse
Duration113 s (1 min 53 s)
Coordinates 56°12′N130°18′E / 56.2°N 130.3°E / 56.2; 130.3
Max. width of band153 km (95 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse1:35:23
References
Saros 118 (62 of 72)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9288

An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Sunday, March 29, 1903, [1] [2] with a magnitude of 0.9767. 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 China (now northwestern China, Mongolia and northeastern China), Russia on March 29 (Sunday), and Northern Canada on March 28 (Saturday).

Contents

Eclipses in 1903

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 118

Inex

Triad

Solar eclipses of 1902–1906

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. [3]

The partial solar eclipses on May 7, 1902 and October 31, 1902 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set, and the partial solar eclipse on July 21, 1906 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1902 to 1906
Descending node Ascending node
SarosMapGammaSarosMapGamma
108 April 8, 1902
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Partial		1.5024113October 1, 1902
118 March 29, 1903
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Annular		0.8413123 September 21, 1903
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Total		−0.8967
128 March 17, 1904
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Annular		0.1299133 September 9, 1904
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Total		−0.1625
138 March 6, 1905
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Annular		−0.5768143
PSM V68 D565 Sun corona of August 30 1905 taken with 40 foot camera.png 		August 30, 1905
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Total		0.5708
148 February 23, 1906
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Partial		−1.2479153 August 20, 1906
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Partial		1.3731

Saros 118

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 118, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 72 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on May 24, 803 AD. It contains total eclipses from August 19, 947 AD through October 25, 1650; hybrid eclipses on November 4, 1668 and November 15, 1686; and annular eclipses from November 27, 1704 through April 30, 1957. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on July 15, 2083. 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 34 at 6 minutes, 59 seconds on May 16, 1398, and the longest duration of annularity was produced by member 59 at 1 minutes, 58 seconds on February 23, 1849. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit. [4]

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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January 1, 1805
(Saros 109)		 SE1826Oct31P.gif
October 31, 1826
(Saros 111)		 SE1848Aug28P.gif
August 28, 1848
(Saros 113)
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July 29, 1859
(Saros 114)		 SE1870Jun28P.gif
June 28, 1870
(Saros 115)		 SE1881May27P.gif
May 27, 1881
(Saros 116)		 SE1892Apr26T.png
April 26, 1892
(Saros 117)		 SE1903Mar29A.png
March 29, 1903
(Saros 118)
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February 25, 1914
(Saros 119)		 SE1925Jan24T.png
January 24, 1925
(Saros 120)		 SE1935Dec25A.png
December 25, 1935
(Saros 121)		 SE1946Nov23P.png
November 23, 1946
(Saros 122)		 SE1957Oct23T.png
October 23, 1957
(Saros 123)
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September 22, 1968
(Saros 124)		 SE1979Aug22A.png
August 22, 1979
(Saros 125)		 SE1990Jul22T.png
July 22, 1990
(Saros 126)		 SE2001Jun21T.png
June 21, 2001
(Saros 127)		 SE2012May20A.png
May 20, 2012
(Saros 128)
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April 20, 2023
(Saros 129)		 SE2034Mar20T.png
March 20, 2034
(Saros 130)		 SE2045Feb16A.png
February 16, 2045
(Saros 131)		 SE2056Jan16A.png
January 16, 2056
(Saros 132)		 SE2066Dec17T.png
December 17, 2066
(Saros 133)
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November 15, 2077
(Saros 134)		 SE2088Oct14A.png
October 14, 2088
(Saros 135)		 SE2099Sep14T.png
September 14, 2099
(Saros 136)		 SE2110Aug15A.png
August 15, 2110
(Saros 137)		 SE2121Jul14A.png
July 14, 2121
(Saros 138)
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June 13, 2132
(Saros 139)		 SE2143May14A.png
May 14, 2143
(Saros 140)		 SE2154Apr12A.png
April 12, 2154
(Saros 141)		 SE2165Mar12T.png
March 12, 2165
(Saros 142)		 SE2176Feb10A.png
February 10, 2176
(Saros 143)
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January 9, 2187
(Saros 144)		 SE2197Dec09T.png
December 9, 2197
(Saros 145)

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 descending node.

22 eclipse events between March 27, 1884 and August 20, 1971
March 27–29January 14November 1–2August 20–21June 8
108110112114116
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March 27, 1884		 SE1895Aug20P.gif
August 20, 1895		 SE1899Jun08P.gif
June 8, 1899
118120122124126
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March 29, 1903 		SE1907Jan14T.png
January 14, 1907 		SE1910Nov02P.png
November 2, 1910 		SE1914Aug21T.png
August 21, 1914 		SE1918Jun08T.png
June 8, 1918
128130132134136
SE1922Mar28A.png
March 28, 1922 		SE1926Jan14T.png
January 14, 1926 		SE1929Nov01A.png
November 1, 1929 		SE1933Aug21A.png
August 21, 1933 		SE1918Jun08T.png
June 8, 1937
138140142144146
SE1941Mar27A.png
March 27, 1941 		SE1945Jan14A.png
January 14, 1945 		SE1948Nov01T.png
November 1, 1948 		SE1952Aug20A.png
August 20, 1952 		SE1956Jun08T.png
June 8, 1956
148150152154
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March 27, 1960 		SE1964Jan14P.png
January 14, 1964 		SE1967Nov02T.png
November 2, 1967 		SE1971Aug20P.png
August 20, 1971

Notes

  1. ↑ "Eclipse of the sun yesterday". Daily Leader. Davenport, Iowa. 1903-03-29. p. 5. Retrieved 2023-10-27– via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Annular Solar Eclipse". The Washington Times. Washington, District of Columbia. 1903-03-29. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-10-27– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 118". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.

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