| Solar eclipse of August 20, 1906 | |
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Partial |
| Gamma | 1.3731 |
| Magnitude | 0.3147 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Coordinates | 70.8N 66.4W |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 1:12:50 |
| References | |
| Saros | 153 (3 of 70) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9295 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred on August 20, 1906. 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 partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth.
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This set of solar eclipses repeat approximately every 177 days and 4 hours at alternating nodes of the moon's orbit.
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||
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| 108 | April 8, 1902 Partial |
118 | March 29, 1903 Annular |
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| 123 | September 21, 1903 Total |
128 | March 17, 1904 Annular |
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| 133 | September 9, 1904 Total |
138 | March 6, 1905 Annular |
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| 143 | August 30, 1905 Total |
148 | February 23, 1906 Partial |
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| 153 | August 20, 1906 Partial |
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