| Solar eclipse of December 12, 1909 | |
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Partial |
| Gamma | -1.2456 |
| Magnitude | 0.5424 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Coordinates | 65S 86E |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 19:44:48 |
| References | |
| Saros | 150 (11 of 71) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9303 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred on December 12, 1909. 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.
This event was visible as a partial solar eclipse across 24-hour daylight Antarctica.
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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.
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||
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| 115 | July 21, 1906 Partial |
120 | January 14, 1907 Total |
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| 125 | July 10, 1907 Annular |
130 | January 3, 1908 Total |
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| 135 | June 28, 1908 Annular |
140 | December 23, 1908 Hybrid |
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| 145 | June 17, 1909 Hybrid |
150 | December 12, 1909 Partial |
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