Solar eclipse of May 7, 1902
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Solar eclipse". A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit between Wednesday, May 7 and Thursday, May 8, 1902,[1][2][3][4] with a magnitude of 0.8593. 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.
A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Eastern Oceania.
Eclipse details
Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.[5]
| Event | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|
| First Penumbral External Contact | 1902 May 7 at 20:42:22.9 UTC |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 1902 May 7 at 22:12:11.6 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse | 1902 May 7 at 22:34:16.0 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 1902 May 7 at 22:45:02.7 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 1902 May 8 at 00:26:17.3 UTC |
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Eclipse Magnitude | 0.85935 |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 0.83335 |
| Gamma | −1.08306 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 02h55m45.5s |
| Sun Declination | +16°45'05.4" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 15'50.6" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.7" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 02h56m38.5s |
| Moon Declination | +15°40'22.1" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 16'38.0" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 1°01'02.8" |
| ΔT | 0.4 s |
Eclipse season
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| April 8 Descending node (new moon) |
April 22 Ascending node (full moon) |
May 7 Descending node (new moon) |
|---|---|---|
| File:SE1902Apr08P.png | File:Lunar eclipse chart close-1902Apr22.png | File:SE1902May07P.png |
| Partial solar eclipse Solar Saros 108 |
Total lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 120 |
Partial solar eclipse Solar Saros 146 |
Related eclipses
Eclipses in 1902
- A partial solar eclipse on April 8.
- A total lunar eclipse on April 22.
- A partial solar eclipse on May 7.
- A total lunar eclipse on October 17.
- A partial solar eclipse on October 31.
Metonic
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 18, 1898
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 23, 1906
Tzolkinex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 26, 1895
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 17, 1909
Half-Saros
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of April 30, 1893
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 13, 1911
Tritos
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 6, 1891
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 6, 1913
Solar Saros 146
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 25, 1884
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 18, 1920
Inex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 26, 1873
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 18, 1931
Triad
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 6, 1815
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 7, 1989
Solar eclipses of 1898–1902
This 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]
The solar eclipses on January 22, 1898 (total) and July 18, 1898 (annular) occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set, and the partial solar eclipse on April 8, 1902 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set.
| Solar eclipse series sets from 1898 to 1902 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
| 111 | December 13, 1898 File:SE1898Dec13P.gif Partial |
−1.5252 | 116 | June 8, 1899 File:SE1899Jun08P.gif Partial |
1.2089 | |
| 121 | December 3, 1899 File:SE1899Dec03A.gif Annular |
−0.9061 | 126 File:Thomas Smillie - Smithsonian Institution - Corona of the Sun during a Solar Eclipse (pd).jpg Totality in Wadesboro, North Carolina |
May 28, 1900 File:SE1900May28T.png Total |
0.3943 | |
| 131 | November 22, 1900 File:SE1900Nov22A.gif Annular |
−0.2245 | 136 | May 18, 1901 File:SE1901May18T.png Total |
−0.3626 | |
| 141 | November 11, 1901 File:SE1901Nov11A.png Annular |
0.4758 | 146 | May 7, 1902 File:SE1902May07P.png Partial |
−1.0831 | |
| 151 | October 31, 1902 File:SE1902Oct31P.png Partial |
1.1556 | ||||
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Saros 146
Template:Solar Saros series 146
Metonic series
Template:Solar Metonic series 1830–1917
Tritos series
Template:Solar Tritos series 2000 July 31
Inex series
Template:Solar Inex series 2018 February 15
Notes
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References
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
External links
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