Solar eclipse of April 6, 1913

Solar eclipse of April 6, 1913
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Partial
Gamma 1.3147
Magnitude 0.4244
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates 61°12′N 175°42′E / 61.2°N 175.7°E
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 17:33:07
References
Saros 147 (17 of 80)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9310

A partial solar eclipse occurred on April 6, 1913. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly 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.

Related eclipses

Solar eclipses 1910-1913

Each member in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1910-1913
Ascending node   Descending node
117May 9, 1910

Total
122November 2, 1910

Partial
127April 28, 1911

Total
132October 22, 1911

Annular
137April 17, 1912

Hybrid
142October 10, 1912

Total
147April 6, 1913

Partial
152September 30, 1913

Partial

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