Solar eclipse of November 11, 1901

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Solar eclipse of November 11, 1901
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Map
Type of eclipse
NatureAnnular
Gamma 0.4758
Magnitude 0.9216
Maximum eclipse
Duration661 s (11 min 1 s)
Coordinates 10°48′N68°54′E / 10.8°N 68.9°E / 10.8; 68.9
Max. width of band336 km (209 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse7:28:21
References
Saros 141 (17 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9284

An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Monday, November 11, 1901, [1] [2] [3] with a magnitude of 0.9216. 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. Occurring about 4.5 hours before apogee (on November 11, 1901, at 12:00 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller. [4]

Contents

Annularity was visible from the Italian island Sicily, the whole British Malta (now Malta), Ottoman Tripolitania (now Libya), Egypt, Ottoman Empire (parts now belonging to Cretan State in Greece, Israel, Jordan and Saudi Arabia), Emirate of Jabal Shammar (now belonging to Saudi Arabia), Aden Protectorate (now belonging to Yemen), Muscat and Oman (now Oman), British Raj (the parts now belonging to India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Myanmar), British Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), Siam (name changed to Thailand later), French Indochina (the parts now belonging to Cambodia, southern tip of Laos and southern Vietnam, including Phnom Penh), Bombay Reef in the Paracel Islands, and Philippines. A partial eclipse was visible for parts of North Africa, East Africa, most of Asia, and Northern Australia.

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]

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View of the eclipse at Aswan Dam, Egypt
November 11, 1901 Solar Eclipse Times
EventTime (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact1901 November 11 at 04:29:38.4 UTC
First Umbral External Contact1901 November 11 at 05:39:58.5 UTC
First Central Line1901 November 11 at 05:43:40.3 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact1901 November 11 at 05:47:24.1 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction1901 November 11 at 07:17:59.6 UTC
Greatest Eclipse1901 November 11 at 07:28:20.9 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction1901 November 11 at 07:34:04.9 UTC
Greatest Duration1901 November 11 at 07:34:34.5 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact1901 November 11 at 09:09:25.3 UTC
Last Central Line1901 November 11 at 09:13:09.0 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact1901 November 11 at 09:16:50.9 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact1901 November 11 at 10:27:08.6 UTC
November 11, 1901 Solar Eclipse Parameters
ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude0.92156
Eclipse Obscuration0.84926
Gamma0.47576
Sun Right Ascension15h03m02.2s
Sun Declination-17°15'48.8"
Sun Semi-Diameter16'09.6"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.9"
Moon Right Ascension15h03m21.4s
Moon Declination-16°50'38.2"
Moon Semi-Diameter14'41.8"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax0°53'56.3"
ΔT-0.3 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.

Eclipse season of October–November 1901
October 27
Descending node (full moon)
November 11
Ascending node (new moon)
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Partial lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 115
Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 141

Eclipses in 1901

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 141

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
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Partial
−1.5252116June 8, 1899
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Partial
1.2089
121 December 3, 1899
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Annular
−0.9061126
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Totality in Wadesboro, North Carolina
May 28, 1900
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Total
0.3943
131 November 22, 1900
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Annular
−0.2245136 May 18, 1901
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Total
−0.3626
141 November 11, 1901
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Annular
0.4758146 May 7, 1902
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Partial
−1.0831
151 October 31, 1902
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Partial
1.1556

Saros 141

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 141, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 70 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on May 19, 1613. It contains annular eclipses from August 4, 1739 through October 14, 2640. There are no hybrid or total eclipses in this set. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on June 13, 2857. 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 annularity was produced by member 20 at 12 minutes, 9 seconds on December 14, 1955. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit. [7]

Series members 12–33 occur between 1801 and 2200:
121314
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September 17, 1811
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September 28, 1829
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October 9, 1847
151617
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October 19, 1865
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October 30, 1883
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November 11, 1901
181920
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November 22, 1919
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December 2, 1937
SE1955Dec14A.png
December 14, 1955
212223
SE1973Dec24A.png
December 24, 1973
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January 4, 1992
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January 15, 2010
242526
SE2028Jan26A.png
January 26, 2028
SE2046Feb05A.png
February 5, 2046
SE2064Feb17A.png
February 17, 2064
272829
SE2082Feb27A.png
February 27, 2082
SE2100Mar10A.png
March 10, 2100
SE2118Mar22A.png
March 22, 2118
303132
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April 1, 2136
SE2154Apr12A.png
April 12, 2154
SE2172Apr23A.png
April 23, 2172
33
SE2190May04A.png
May 4, 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 ascending node.

25 eclipse events between April 5, 1837 and June 17, 1928
April 5–6January 22–23November 10–11August 28–30June 17–18
107109111113115
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April 5, 1837
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January 22, 1841
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November 10, 1844
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August 28, 1848
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June 17, 1852
117119121123125
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April 5, 1856
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January 23, 1860
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November 11, 1863
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August 29, 1867
SE1871Jun18A.gif
June 18, 1871
127129131133135
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April 6, 1875
SE1879Jan22A.gif
January 22, 1879
SE1882Nov10A.gif
November 10, 1882
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August 29, 1886
SE1890Jun17A.gif
June 17, 1890
137139141143145
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April 6, 1894
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January 22, 1898
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November 11, 1901
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August 30, 1905
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June 17, 1909
147149151153155
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April 6, 1913
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January 23, 1917
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November 10, 1920
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August 30, 1924
SE1928Jun17P.png
June 17, 1928

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 2087
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August 17, 1803
(Saros 132)
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July 17, 1814
(Saros 133)
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June 16, 1825
(Saros 134)
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May 15, 1836
(Saros 135)
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April 15, 1847
(Saros 136)
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March 15, 1858
(Saros 137)
SE1869Feb11A.png
February 11, 1869
(Saros 138)
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January 11, 1880
(Saros 139)
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December 12, 1890
(Saros 140)
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November 11, 1901
(Saros 141)
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October 10, 1912
(Saros 142)
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September 10, 1923
(Saros 143)
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August 10, 1934
(Saros 144)
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July 9, 1945
(Saros 145)
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June 8, 1956
(Saros 146)
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May 9, 1967
(Saros 147)
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April 7, 1978
(Saros 148)
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March 7, 1989
(Saros 149)
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February 5, 2000
(Saros 150)
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January 4, 2011
(Saros 151)
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December 4, 2021
(Saros 152)
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November 3, 2032
(Saros 153)
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October 3, 2043
(Saros 154)
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September 2, 2054
(Saros 155)
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August 2, 2065
(Saros 156)
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July 1, 2076
(Saros 157)
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June 1, 2087
(Saros 158)

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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January 10, 1815
(Saros 138)
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December 21, 1843
(Saros 139)
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November 30, 1872
(Saros 140)
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November 11, 1901
(Saros 141)
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October 21, 1930
(Saros 142)
SE1959Oct02T.png
October 2, 1959
(Saros 143)
SE1988Sep11A.png
September 11, 1988
(Saros 144)
SE2017Aug21T.png
August 21, 2017
(Saros 145)
SE2046Aug02T.png
August 2, 2046
(Saros 146)
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July 13, 2075
(Saros 147)
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June 22, 2104
(Saros 148)
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June 3, 2133
(Saros 149)
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May 14, 2162
(Saros 150)
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April 23, 2191
(Saros 151)

Notes

  1. "November 11, 1901 Annular Solar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  2. "Chinese rescue sun in eclipse". The Atlanta Journal. Atlanta, Georgia. 1901-11-11. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-10-27 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Orb of day "rescued"". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. 1901-11-12. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-10-27 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England". timeanddate. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  5. "Annular Solar Eclipse of 1901 Nov 11". 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 141". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.

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