Solar eclipse of May 7, 1902

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Solar eclipse of May 7, 1902
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Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma −1.0831
Magnitude 0.8593
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates 70°00′S125°06′W / 70°S 125.1°W / -70; -125.1
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse22:34:16
References
Saros 146 (21 of 76)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9285

A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit between Wednesday, May 7 and Thursday, May 8, 1902, [1] [2] [3] [4] with a magnitude of 0.8593. 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.

Contents

A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Eastern Oceania.

Eclipse details

Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse. [5]

May 7, 1902 Solar Eclipse Times
EventTime (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact1902 May 07 at 20:42:22.9 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction1902 May 07 at 22:12:11.6 UTC
Greatest Eclipse1902 May 07 at 22:34:16.0 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction1902 May 07 at 22:45:02.7 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact1902 May 08 at 00:26:17.3 UTC
May 7, 1902 Solar Eclipse Parameters
ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude0.85935
Eclipse Obscuration0.83335
Gamma−1.08306
Sun Right Ascension02h55m45.5s
Sun Declination+16°45'05.4"
Sun Semi-Diameter15'50.6"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.7"
Moon Right Ascension02h56m38.5s
Moon Declination+15°40'22.1"
Moon Semi-Diameter16'38.0"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax1°01'02.8"
ΔT0.4 s

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight. The first and last eclipse in this sequence is separated by one synodic month.

Eclipse season of April–May 1902
April 8
Descending node (new moon)		 April 22
Ascending node (full moon)		 May 7
Descending node (new moon)
SE1902Apr08P.png Lunar eclipse chart close-1902Apr22.png SE1902May07P.png
Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 108		 Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 120		 Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 146

Eclipses in 1902

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 146

Inex

Triad

Solar eclipses of 1898–1902

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. [6]

The solar eclipses on January 22, 1898 (total) and July 18, 1898 (annular) occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set, and the partial solar eclipse on April 8, 1902 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1898 to 1902
Ascending node Descending node
SarosMapGammaSarosMapGamma
111December 13, 1898
SE1898Dec13P.gif
Partial		−1.5252116June 8, 1899
SE1899Jun08P.gif
Partial		1.2089
121 December 3, 1899
SE1899Dec03A.gif
Annular		−0.9061126
Thomas Smillie - Smithsonian Institution - Corona of the Sun during a Solar Eclipse (pd).jpg
Totality in Wadesboro, North Carolina 		May 28, 1900
SE1900May28T.png
Total		0.3943
131 November 22, 1900
SE1900Nov22A.gif
Annular		−0.2245136 May 18, 1901
SE1901May18T.png
Total		−0.3626
141 November 11, 1901
SE1901Nov11A.png
Annular		0.4758146 May 7, 1902
SE1902May07P.png
Partial		−1.0831
151 October 31, 1902
SE1902Oct31P.png
Partial		1.1556

Saros 146

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 146, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 76 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on September 19, 1541. It contains total eclipses from May 29, 1938 through October 7, 2154; hybrid eclipses from October 17, 2172 through November 20, 2226; and annular eclipses from November 30, 2244 through August 10, 2659. The series ends at member 76 as a partial eclipse on December 29, 2893. 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 26 at 5 minutes, 21 seconds on June 30, 1992, and the longest duration of annularity will be produced by member 63 at 3 minutes, 30 seconds on August 10, 2659. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit. [7]

Series members 16–37 occur between 1801 and 2200:
161718
SE1801Apr13P.png
March 13, 1812		 SE1819Apr24P.png
March 24, 1830		 SE1837May04P.png
April 3, 1848
192021
SE1855May16P.png
April 15, 1866		 SE1873May26P.png
April 25, 1884		 SE1902May07P.png
May 7, 1902
222324
SE1920May18P.png
May 18, 1920 		SE1938May29T.png
May 29, 1938 		SE1956Jun08T.png
June 8, 1956
252627
SE1974Jun20T.png
June 20, 1974 		SE1992Jun30T.png
June 30, 1992 		SE2010Jul11T.png
July 11, 2010
282930
SE2028Jul22T.png
July 22, 2028 		SE2046Aug02T.png
August 2, 2046 		SE2064Aug12T.png
August 12, 2064
313233
SE2082Aug24T.png
August 24, 2082 		SE2100Sep04T.png
September 4, 2100 		SE2118Sep15T.png
September 15, 2118
343536
SE2136Sep26T.png
September 26, 2136		 SE2154Oct07T.png
October 7, 2154		 SE2172Oct17H.png
October 17, 2172
37
SE2190Oct29H.png
October 29, 2190

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 February 23, 1830 and July 19, 1917
February 22–23December 11–12September 29–30July 18–19May 6–7
108110112114116
SE1830Feb23P.gif
February 23, 1830		 SE1841Jul18P.gif
July 18, 1841		 Saros116 63van70 SE1845May06A.jpg
May 6, 1845
118120122124126
SE1849Feb23A.gif
February 23, 1849		 SE1852Dec11T.gif
December 11, 1852		 SE1856Sep29A.gif
September 29, 1856		 SE1860Jul18T.gif
July 18, 1860 		SE1864May06H.gif
May 6, 1864
128130132134136
SE1868Feb23A.gif
February 23, 1868		 SE1871Dec12T.gif
December 12, 1871 		SE1875Sep29A.gif
September 29, 1875		 SE1879Jul19A.png
July 19, 1879		 SE1883May06T.png
May 6, 1883
138140142144146
SE1887Feb22A.png
February 22, 1887		 SE1890Dec12H.gif
December 12, 1890		 SE1894Sep29T.gif
September 29, 1894		 SE1898Jul18A.gif
July 18, 1898		 SE1902May07P.png
May 7, 1902
148150152154
SE1906Feb23P.png
February 23, 1906 		SE1909Dec12P.png
December 12, 1909 		SE1913Sep30P.png
September 30, 1913 		SE1917Jul19P.png
July 19, 1917

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.

The partial solar eclipse on October 24, 2098 (part of Saros 164) is also a part of this series but is not included in the table below.

Series members between 1801 and 2011
SE1804Feb11H.png
February 11, 1804
(Saros 137)		 SE1815Jan10A.png
January 10, 1815
(Saros 138)		 SE1825Dec09H.png
December 9, 1825
(Saros 139)		 SE1836Nov09T.png
November 9, 1836
(Saros 140)		 SE1847Oct09A.png
October 9, 1847
(Saros 141)
SE1858Sep07T.png
September 7, 1858
(Saros 142)		 SE1869Aug07T.png
August 7, 1869
(Saros 143)		 SE1880Jul07A.png
July 7, 1880
(Saros 144)		 SE1891Jun06A.png
June 6, 1891
(Saros 145)		 SE1902May07P.png
May 7, 1902
(Saros 146)
SE1913Apr06P.png
April 6, 1913
(Saros 147)		 SE1924Mar05P.png
March 5, 1924
(Saros 148)		 SE1935Feb03P.png
February 3, 1935
(Saros 149)		 SE1946Jan03P.png
January 3, 1946
(Saros 150)		 SE1956Dec02P.png
December 2, 1956
(Saros 151)
SE1967Nov02T.png
November 2, 1967
(Saros 152)		 SE1978Oct02P.png
October 2, 1978
(Saros 153)		 SE1989Aug31P.png
August 31, 1989
(Saros 154)		 SE2000Jul31P.png
July 31, 2000
(Saros 155)		 SE2011Jul01P.png
July 1, 2011
(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
SE1815Jul06T.png
July 6, 1815
(Saros 143)		 SE1844Jun16P.png
June 16, 1844
(Saros 144)		 SE1873May26P.png
May 26, 1873
(Saros 145)
SE1902May07P.png
May 7, 1902
(Saros 146)		 SE1931Apr18P.png
April 18, 1931
(Saros 147)		 SE1960Mar27P.png
March 27, 1960
(Saros 148)
SE1989Mar07P.png
March 7, 1989
(Saros 149)		 SE2018Feb15P.png
February 15, 2018
(Saros 150)		 SE2047Jan26P.png
January 26, 2047
(Saros 151)
SE2076Jan06T.png
January 6, 2076
(Saros 152)		 Saros153 14van70 SE2104Dec17A.jpg
December 17, 2104
(Saros 153)		 Saros154 13van71 SE2133Nov26A.jpg
November 26, 2133
(Saros 154)
Saros155 14van71 SE2162Nov07T.jpg
November 7, 2162
(Saros 155)		 Saros156 11van69 SE2191Oct18A.jpg
October 18, 2191
(Saros 156)

Notes

  1. ↑ "May 7, 1902 Partial Solar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  2. ↑ "Eclipse of the sun". Star. Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. 1902-05-08. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-10-27– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "PARTIAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN". The Press. Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. 1902-05-09. p. 5. Retrieved 2023-10-27– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Page 5". The Lyttelton Times. Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand. 1902-05-09. p. 5. Retrieved 2023-10-27– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Partial Solar Eclipse of 1902 May 07". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 146". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.

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