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Solar eclipse of February 23, 1906

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Solar eclipse of February 23, 1906
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma−1.2479
Magnitude0.5386
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates71°24′S 170°18′W / 71.4°S 170.3°W / -71.4; -170.3
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse7:43:20
References
Saros148 (15 of 75)
Catalog # (SE5000)9294

A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Friday, February 23, 1906,[1][2][3][4] with a magnitude of 0.5386. 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.

A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Antarctica and Southern Australia.

Eclipse details

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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]

February 23, 1906 Solar Eclipse Times
Event Time (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact 1906 February 23 at 05:57:45.1 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction 1906 February 23 at 07:03:47.6 UTC
Greatest Eclipse 1906 February 23 at 07:43:20.4 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction 1906 February 23 at 07:57:15.8 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact 1906 February 23 at 09:29:19.3 UTC
February 23, 1906 Solar Eclipse Parameters
Parameter Value
Eclipse Magnitude 0.53864
Eclipse Obscuration 0.42720
Gamma −1.24788
Sun Right Ascension 22h22m48.6s
Sun Declination -10°07'11.2"
Sun Semi-Diameter 16'09.6"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9"
Moon Right Ascension 22h24m05.7s
Moon Declination -11°14'43.4"
Moon Semi-Diameter 15'21.4"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°56'21.5"
ΔT 5.4 s

Eclipse season

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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 February 1906
February 9
Ascending node (full moon)
February 23
Descending node (new moon)
Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 122
Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 148
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Eclipses in 1906

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Metonic

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Tzolkinex

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Half-Saros

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Tritos

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Solar Saros 148

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Inex

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Triad

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Solar eclipses of 1902–1906

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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 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
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
108 April 8, 1902

Partial
1.5024 113 October 1, 1902
118 March 29, 1903

Annular
0.8413 123 September 21, 1903

Total
−0.8967
128 March 17, 1904

Annular
0.1299 133 September 9, 1904

Total
−0.1625
138 March 6, 1905

Annular
−0.5768 143
August 30, 1905

Total
0.5708
148 February 23, 1906

Partial
−1.2479 153 August 20, 1906

Partial
1.3731

Saros 148

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This eclipse is a part of Saros series 148, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 75 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on September 21, 1653. It contains annular eclipses on April 29, 2014 and May 9, 2032; a hybrid eclipse on May 20, 2050; and total eclipses from May 31, 2068 through August 3, 2771. The series ends at member 75 as a partial eclipse on December 12, 2987. 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 will be produced by member 22 at 22 seconds (by default) on May 9, 2032, and the longest duration of totality will be produced by member 54 at 5 minutes, 23 seconds on April 26, 2609. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.[7]

Series members 10–31 occur between 1801 and 2200:
10 11 12

December 30, 1815

January 9, 1834

January 21, 1852
13 14 15

January 31, 1870

February 11, 1888

February 23, 1906
16 17 18

March 5, 1924

March 16, 1942

March 27, 1960
19 20 21

April 7, 1978

April 17, 1996

April 29, 2014
22 23 24

May 9, 2032

May 20, 2050

May 31, 2068
25 26 27

June 11, 2086

June 22, 2104

July 4, 2122
28 29 30

July 14, 2140

July 25, 2158

August 4, 2176
31

August 16, 2194

Metonic series

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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 22–23 December 11–12 September 29–30 July 18–19 May 6–7
108 110 112 114 116

February 23, 1830

July 18, 1841

May 6, 1845
118 120 122 124 126

February 23, 1849

December 11, 1852

September 29, 1856

July 18, 1860

May 6, 1864
128 130 132 134 136

February 23, 1868

December 12, 1871

September 29, 1875

July 19, 1879

May 6, 1883
138 140 142 144 146

February 22, 1887

December 12, 1890

September 29, 1894

July 18, 1898

May 7, 1902
148 150 152 154

February 23, 1906

December 12, 1909

September 30, 1913

July 19, 1917

Tritos series

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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 1982

November 29, 1807
(Saros 139)

October 29, 1818
(Saros 140)

September 28, 1829
(Saros 141)

August 27, 1840
(Saros 142)

July 28, 1851
(Saros 143)

June 27, 1862
(Saros 144)

May 26, 1873
(Saros 145)

April 25, 1884
(Saros 146)

March 26, 1895
(Saros 147)

February 23, 1906
(Saros 148)

January 23, 1917
(Saros 149)

December 24, 1927
(Saros 150)

November 21, 1938
(Saros 151)

October 21, 1949
(Saros 152)

September 20, 1960
(Saros 153)

August 20, 1971
(Saros 154)

July 20, 1982
(Saros 155)

Inex series

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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

April 24, 1819
(Saros 145)

April 3, 1848
(Saros 146)

March 15, 1877
(Saros 147)

February 23, 1906
(Saros 148)

February 3, 1935
(Saros 149)

January 14, 1964
(Saros 150)

December 24, 1992
(Saros 151)

December 4, 2021
(Saros 152)

November 14, 2050
(Saros 153)

October 24, 2079
(Saros 154)

October 5, 2108
(Saros 155)

September 15, 2137
(Saros 156)

August 25, 2166
(Saros 157)

August 5, 2195
(Saros 158)

Notes

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  1. ^ "February 23, 1906 Partial Solar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Page 37". The Albury Banner, Wodonga Express and Riverina Stock Journal. Albury, New South Wales, Australia. 1906-02-23. p. 37. Retrieved 2023-11-01 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Partial eclipse of the sun". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 1906-02-24. p. 12. Retrieved 2023-11-01 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Partial sun eclipse". The Age. Melbourne, Victoria, Victoria, Australia. 1906-02-24. p. 11. Retrieved 2023-11-01 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Partial Solar Eclipse of 1906 Feb 23". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 31 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 148". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.

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