| Solar eclipse of April 17, 1912 | |
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Hybrid |
| Gamma | 0.528 |
| Magnitude | 1.0003 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 0m 2s |
| Coordinates | 38.4N 11.3W |
| Max. width of band | 1 km |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 11:34:22 |
| References | |
| Saros | 137 (30 of 70) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9308 |
A total solar eclipse occurred on April 17, 1912. It is a hybrid event, starting and ending as an annular eclipse, with only a small portion of totality. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partially obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across the surface of the Earth, while a partial solar eclipse will be visible over a region thousands of kilometres wide.
Totality was visible over the sea between Spain and France, with annularity continued northeast across Europe and Asia.
This eclipse occurred two days after the RMS Titanic sank in the northwestern Atlantic ocean under the darkness of new moon.[1]
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The Observatory of Paris had the Globule balloon aloft for the 17 April 1912 hybrid eclipse, reported by Camille Flammarion.[2] |
The Le Petit Journal cover, on 1912 April 21, shows eclipse watchers in 1912 along with the solar eclipse of May 22, 1724, the previous total solar eclipse visible from Paris, France[3] |
This set of solar eclipses repeat approximately every 177 days and 4 hours at alternating nodes of the moon's orbit.
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||
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| 117 | May 9, 1910 Total |
122 | November 2, 1910 Partial |
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| 127 | April 28, 1911 Total |
132 | October 22, 1911 Annular |
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| 137 | April 17, 1912 Hybrid |
142 | October 10, 1912 Total |
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| 147 | April 6, 1913 Partial |
152 | September 30, 1913 Partial |
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