| Solar eclipse of May 18, 1901 | |
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Total |
| Gamma | -0.3626 |
| Magnitude | 1.068 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 6m 29s |
| Coordinates | 1.7S 98.4E |
| Max. width of band | 238 km |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 5:33:48 |
| References | |
| Saros | 136 (31 of 71) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9283 |
A total solar eclipse occurred on May 18, 1901. 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.
The path of totality crossed Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua, New Guinea.
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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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| 136 | May 18, 1901 Total |
141 | November 11, 1901 Annular |
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| 146 | May 7, 1902 Partial |
151 | October 31, 1902 Partial |
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Solar Saros 136, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, contains 71 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on Jun 14, 1360, and reached a first annular eclipse on September 8, 1504. It was a hybrid event from November 22, 1612, through January 17, 1703, and total eclipses from January 27, 1721 through May 13, 2496. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on July 30, 2622, with the entire series lasting lasting 1262 years. The longest eclipse occurred on June 20, 1955, with a maximum duration of totality was 7 minutes, 8 seconds. [1]
Series members 29-42 occur between 1865 and 2100:
| 28 | 29 | 30 |
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April 25, 1865 |
May 6, 1883 |
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| 31 | 32 | 33 |
May 18, 1901 |
May 29, 1919 |
Jun 8, 1937 |
| 34 | 35 | 36 |
Jun 20, 1955 |
Jun 30, 1973 |
Jul 11, 1991 |
| 37 | 38 | 39 |
Jul 22, 2009 |
Aug 2, 2027 |
Aug 12, 2045 |
| 40 | 41 | 42 |
Aug. 24, 2063 |
Sep. 3, 2081 |
Sep. 14, 2099 |
