A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Monday, May 9, 1910,[1][2][3] with a magnitude of 1.06. 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 total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. Totality was visible from part of Wilkes Land in Antarctica and Tasmania in Australia.
Solar eclipse of May 9, 1910 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Total |
Gamma | −0.9437 |
Magnitude | 1.06 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 255 s (4 min 15 s) |
Coordinates | 48°12′S 125°12′E / 48.2°S 125.2°E |
Max. width of band | 594 km (369 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 5:42:13 |
References | |
Saros | 117 (63 of 71) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9304 |
Observations
editExcept for Antarctica, the only land covered by the path of totality was the central and southern parts of Tasmania. The eclipse occurred in winter when Tasmania is usually rainy with bad observation conditions. However, British pioneer aviator Francis McClean still organized and led a team to Port Davey on the southwestern coast of Tasmania, but in the end failed to make observations due to rainy weather. In addition, observations on Bruny Island, southeast of Tasmania also failed due to the weather. Zeehan and Strahan on the west coast of Tasmania were clear during the partial phase, but had poor weather during the total phase. Queenstown, located slightly inland, was one of the few places where the entire process of the eclipse was seen. Some observers took images of the corona there.[4][5]
Related eclipses
editEclipses in 1910
edit- A total solar eclipse on May 9, 1910.
- A total lunar eclipse on May 24, 1910.
- A partial solar eclipse on November 2, 1910.
- A total lunar eclipse on November 17, 1910.
Metonic
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 21, 1906
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 25, 1914
Tzolkinex
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 29, 1903
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 19, 1917
Half-Saros
edit- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 3, 1901
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 15, 1919
Tritos
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 8, 1899
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 8, 1921
Solar Saros 117
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 26, 1892
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 19, 1928
Inex
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 27, 1881
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 19, 1939
Triad
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 8, 1823
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 9, 1997
Solar eclipses of 1910–1913
editThis eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse 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.[6]
Solar eclipse series sets from 1910 to 1913 | ||||
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Ascending node | Descending node | |||
117 | May 9, 1910 Total |
122 | November 2, 1910 Partial | |
127 | April 28, 1911 Total |
132 | October 22, 1911 Annular | |
137 | April 17, 1912 Hybrid |
142 | October 10, 1912 Total | |
147 | April 6, 1913 Partial |
152 | September 30, 1913 Partial |
Saros 117
editIt is a part of Saros cycle 117, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on June 24, 792 AD. It contains annular eclipses from September 18, 936 AD through May 14, 1333, hybrid eclipses from May 25, 1351 through July 8, 1423, and total eclipses from July 18, 1441 through May 19, 1928. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on August 3, 2054. The longest duration of totality was 4 minutes, 19 seconds on April 26, 1892.
Series members 63-71 occur between 1900 and 2054: | ||
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63 | 64 | 65 |
May 9, 1910 |
May 19, 1928 |
May 30, 1946 |
66 | 67 | 68 |
June 10, 1964 |
June 21, 1982 |
July 1, 2000 |
69 | 70 | 71 |
July 13, 2018 |
July 23, 2036 |
August 3, 2054 |
Metonic series
editThe metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days).
22 eclipse events between December 13, 1898 and July 20, 1982 | ||||
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December 13–14 | October 1–2 | July 20–21 | May 9 | February 24–25 |
111 | 113 | 115 | 117 | 119 |
December 13, 1898 |
July 21, 1906 |
May 9, 1910 |
February 25, 1914 | |
121 | 123 | 125 | 127 | 129 |
December 14, 1917 |
October 1, 1921 |
July 20, 1925 |
May 9, 1929 |
February 24, 1933 |
131 | 133 | 135 | 137 | 139 |
December 13, 1936 |
October 1, 1940 |
July 20, 1944 |
May 9, 1948 |
February 25, 1952 |
141 | 143 | 145 | 147 | 149 |
December 14, 1955 |
October 2, 1959 |
July 20, 1963 |
May 9, 1967 |
February 25, 1971 |
151 | 153 | 155 | ||
December 13, 1974 |
October 2, 1978 |
July 20, 1982 |
References
edit- ^ "PARTIAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN. IMPERFECT OBSERVATION IN SYDNEY". The Sun. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 1910-05-09. p. 5. Retrieved 2023-11-03 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "ECLIPSE OF THE SUN. VISIBLE AT BROKEN HILL TO-DAY". The Barrier Miner. Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. 1910-05-09. p. 5. Retrieved 2023-11-03 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "The solar eclipse". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 1910-05-10. p. 10. Retrieved 2023-11-03 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ F. K. McClean; et al. (May 1910). "Report of the Solar Eclipse Expedition to Port Davey, Tasmania, May, 1910" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2020.
- ^ Lockyer, Sir Norman; Group, Nature Publishing; Gateway, UM-Medsearch (23 June 1910). "THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE OF May 9, 1910". Nature. 83 (2121): 494–495. doi:10.1038/083494a0. Archived from the original on 1 January 2014.
- ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC