| Solar eclipse of December 23, 1908 | |
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Hybrid |
| Gamma | -0.4985 |
| Magnitude | 1.0024 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 0m 12s |
| Coordinates | 53.4S 0.5W |
| Max. width of band | 10 km |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 11:44:28 |
| References | |
| Saros | 140 (23 of 71) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9301 |
A total solar eclipse occurred on December 23, 1908. 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. This event is a hybrid, starting and ending as an annular eclipse.
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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