Solar eclipse of July 21, 1906

Solar eclipse of July 21, 1906
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Partial
Gamma -1.3637
Magnitude 0.3355
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates 68°36′S 33°18′W / 68.6°S 33.3°W
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 13:14:19
References
Saros 115 (70 of 72)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9296

A partial solar eclipse occurred on July 21, 1906. 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 1906-1909

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 1906-1909
Ascending node   Descending node
115July 21, 1906

Partial
120January 14, 1907

Total
125July 10, 1907

Annular
130January 3, 1908

Total
135June 28, 1908

Annular
140December 23, 1908

Hybrid
145June 17, 1909

Hybrid
150December 12, 1909

Partial

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