Solar eclipse of March 29, 1903

Solar eclipse of March 29, 1903
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Annular
Gamma 0.8413
Magnitude 0.9767
Maximum eclipse
Duration 113 sec (1 m 53 s)
Coordinates 56°12′N 130°18′E / 56.2°N 130.3°E
Max. width of band 153 km (95 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 1:35:23
References
Saros 118 (62 of 72)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9288

An annular solar eclipse occurred on March 29, 1903. 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide.

Related eclipses

Solar eclipses 1902-1907

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 1902-1907
Descending node   Ascending node
108April 8, 1902

Partial
118March 29, 1903

Annular
123September 21, 1903

Total
128March 17, 1904

Annular
133September 9, 1904

Total
138March 6, 1905

Annular
143August 30, 1905

Total
148February 23, 1906

Partial
153August 20, 1906

Partial

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