| Solar eclipse of May 29, 1919 | |
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From the report of Sir Arthur Eddington on the expedition to the island of Principe (off the west coast of Africa). |
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Total |
| Gamma | -0.2955 |
| Magnitude | 1.0719 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 6m 51s |
| Coordinates | 4.4N 16.7W |
| Max. width of band | 244 km |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 13:08:55 |
| References | |
| Saros | 136 (32 of 71) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9326 |
A total solar eclipse occurred on May 29, 1919. With a maximum duration of totality of 6 minutes 51 seconds, it was one of the longest solar eclipses of the 20th century. It was visible throughout most of South America and Africa as a partial eclipse. Totality occurred through a narrow path across central Brazil after sunrise, across the Atlantic ocean and into south central Africa ending near sunset in eastern Africa.
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This eclipse was photographed from the expedition of Sir Arthur Eddington to the island of Principe (off the west coast of Africa). Positions of star images within the field near the sun were used to verify Albert Einstein's prediction of the bending of light around the sun from his general theory of relativity.[1]
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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| 111 | December 24, 1916 Partial |
116 | June 19, 1917 Partial |
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| 121 | December 14, 1917 Annular |
126 | June 8, 1918 Total |
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| 131 | December 3, 1918 Annular |
136 | May 29, 1919 Total |
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| 141 | November 22, 1919 Annular |
146 | May 18, 1920 Partial |
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| 151 | November 10, 1920 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. [2]
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 |
