Solar eclipse of March 17, 1904
Solar eclipse of March 17, 1904 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Annular |
Gamma | 0.1299 |
Magnitude | 0.9367 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 487 s (8 min 7 s) |
Coordinates | 5°36′N94°42′E/ 5.6°N 94.7°E |
Max. width of band | 237 km (147 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 5:40:44 |
References | |
Saros | 128(52 of 73) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9290 |
An annularsolar eclipseoccurred at the Moon'sdescending nodeof orbit on Thursday, March 17, 1904,[1][2][3][4]with amagnitudeof 0.9367. Asolar eclipseoccurs when theMoonpasses betweenEarthand theSun,thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon'sapparent diameteris smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like anannulus(ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide.
The path of annularity covered southernGerman East Africa(now southernTanzania), northeastern tip ofPortuguese East Africa(nowMozambique), northernGrande ComoreIsland inFrench Comoros(nowComoros), southernBritish Seychelles(nowSeychelles),British Mauritius(nowMauritius), most of theBritish Indian Ocean Territory(excluding the southern part ofDiego Garcia), northwesternSumatrain theDutch East Indies(nowIndonesia), southern Siam (now renamed asThailand),French Indochina(the part now belonging toCambodia,the southern tip ofLaosand southernVietnam,including the major cityPhnom Penh,now capital of Cambodia), all of theParacel Islands,the northern tip of theAmerican Philippines(nowPhilippines) andJapaneseislands ofIwo Jima,South Iwo JimaandMinamitorishima.
In addition, a partial solar eclipse was seen within a much larger area, including the eastern half ofAfrica,southernWest Asia,southernAfghanistan,South Asiaexcept the northernmost tip ofBritish Raj(now the northernmost tip ofPakistan), most ofChinaexcept the northwest border,Korean Peninsula,Japan,Southeast Asia,the extreme northern coast ofAustralia,northwesternMelanesia,central and westernMicronesia,and southeasternRussian Empire.
Observations[edit]
N. Donitch of the Royal Russian Academy of Sciences (the predecessor of today's Russian Academy of Sciences) traveled to Phnom Penh (now capital of Cambodia) via Saigon (nowHo Chi Minh City,Vietnam) in French Indochina and made observations there. The weather was clear on the eclipse day, with only some fog in the morning. Donitch used aspectrometerand recorded changes in the temperature in about 2.5 hours, which dropped for about 3°C.[5]
Related eclipses[edit]
Eclipses in 1904[edit]
- An annular solar eclipse on March 17, 1904.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on March 31, 1904.
- A total solar eclipse on September 9, 1904.
- A penumbral lunar eclipse on September 24, 1904.
Metonic[edit]
- Preceded by:Solar eclipse of May 28, 1900
- Followed by:Solar eclipse of January 3, 1908
Tzolkinex[edit]
- Preceded by:Solar eclipse of February 1, 1897
- Followed by:Solar eclipse of April 28, 1911
Half-Saros[edit]
- Preceded by:Lunar eclipse of March 11, 1895
- Followed by:Lunar eclipse of March 22, 1913
Tritos[edit]
- Preceded by:Solar eclipse of April 16, 1893
- Followed by:Solar eclipse of February 14, 1915
Solar Saros 128[edit]
- Preceded by:Solar eclipse of March 5, 1886
- Followed by:Solar eclipse of March 28, 1922
Inex[edit]
- Preceded by:Solar eclipse of April 6, 1875
- Followed by:Solar eclipse of February 24, 1933
Triad[edit]
- Preceded by:Solar eclipse of May 16, 1817
- Followed by:Solar eclipse of January 15, 1991
Solar eclipses of 1902–1907[edit]
This eclipse is a member of asemester series.An eclipse in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternatingnodesof the Moon's orbit.[6]
Solar eclipseseries sets from 1902 to 1907 | ||||
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Descending node | Ascending node | |||
108 | April 8, 1902![]() Partial |
113 | October 1, 1902 | |
118 | March 29, 1903![]() Annular |
123 | September 21, 1903![]() Total | |
128 | March 17, 1904![]() Annular |
133 | September 9, 1904![]() Total | |
138 | March 6, 1905![]() Annular |
143 | August 30, 1905![]() Total | |
148 | February 23, 1906![]() Partial |
153 | August 20, 1906![]() Partial |
Saros 128[edit]
This eclipse is a member of theSolar Saros cycle 128,which includes 73 eclipses occurring in intervals of 18 years and 11 days. The series started with partial solar eclipse on August 29, 984 AD. From May 16, 1417, through June 18, 1471, the series producedtotal solar eclipses,followed byhybrid solar eclipsesfrom June 28, 1489, through July 31, 1543, and annular solar eclipses from August 11, 1561, through July 25, 2120. The series ends at member 73 as a partial eclipse on November 1, 2282. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon's descending node.
Series members 52–68 occur between 1901 and 2200 | ||
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52 | 53 | 54 |
![]() March 17, 1904 |
![]() March 28, 1922 |
![]() April 7, 1940 |
55 | 56 | 57 |
![]() April 19, 1958 |
![]() April 29, 1976 |
![]() May 10, 1994 |
58 | 59 | 60 |
![]() May 20, 2012 |
![]() June 1, 2030 |
![]() June 11, 2048 |
61 | 62 | 63 |
![]() June 22, 2066 |
![]() July 3, 2084 |
![]() July 15, 2102 |
64 | 65 | 66 |
![]() July 25, 2120 |
August 5, 2138 (Partial) | August 16, 2156 (Partial) |
67 | 68 | |
August 27, 2174 (Partial) | September 6, 2192 (Partial) |
Tritos series[edit]
This eclipse is a part of atritoscycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135synodic months(≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with theanomalistic month(period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
Series members between 1801 and 2100 | |||
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![]() December 21, 1805 (Saros 119) |
![]() November 19, 1816 (Saros 120) |
![]() October 20, 1827 (Saros 121) | |
![]() September 18, 1838 (Saros 122) |
![]() August 18, 1849 (Saros 123) |
![]() July 18, 1860 (Saros 124) | |
![]() June 18, 1871 (Saros 125) |
![]() May 17, 1882 (Saros 126) |
![]() April 16, 1893 (Saros 127) | |
![]() March 17, 1904 (Saros 128) |
![]() February 14, 1915 (Saros 129) |
![]() January 14, 1926 (Saros 130) | |
![]() December 13, 1936 (Saros 131) |
![]() November 12, 1947 (Saros 132) |
![]() October 12, 1958 (Saros 133) | |
![]() September 11, 1969 (Saros 134) |
![]() August 10, 1980 (Saros 135) |
![]() July 11, 1991 (Saros 136) | |
![]() June 10, 2002 (Saros 137) |
![]() May 10, 2013 (Saros 138) |
![]() April 8, 2024 (Saros 139) | |
![]() March 9, 2035 (Saros 140) |
![]() February 5, 2046 (Saros 141) |
![]() January 5, 2057 (Saros 142) | |
![]() December 6, 2067 (Saros 143) |
![]() November 4, 2078 (Saros 144) |
![]() October 4, 2089 (Saros 145) | |
![]() September 4, 2100 (Saros 146) |
In the 22nd century:
- Solar saros 147: annular solar eclipse of August 4, 2111
- Solar saros 148: total solar eclipse of July 4, 2122
- Solar saros 149: total solar eclipse of June 3, 2133
- Solar saros 150: annular solar eclipse of May 3, 2144
- Solar saros 151: annular solar eclipse of April 2, 2155
- Solar saros 152: total solar eclipse of March 2, 2166
- Solar saros 153: annular solar eclipse of January 29, 2177
- Solar saros 154: annular solar eclipse of December 29, 2187
- Solar saros 155: total solar eclipse of November 28, 2198
In the 23rd century:
- Solar saros 156: annular solar eclipse of October 29, 2209
- Solar saros 157: annular solar eclipse of September 27, 2220
- Solar saros 158: total solar eclipse of August 28, 2231
- Solar saros 159: partial solar eclipse of July 28, 2242
- Solar saros 160: partial solar eclipse of June 26, 2253
- Solar saros 161: partial solar eclipse of May 26, 2264
- Solar saros 162: partial solar eclipse of April 26, 2275
- Solar saros 163: partial solar eclipse of March 25, 2286
- Solar saros 164: partial solar eclipse of February 22, 2297
Notes[edit]
- ^"THIS ECLIPSE SKIPS AMERICUS".Americus Times-Recorder.Americus, Georgia. 1904-03-17. p. 4.Retrieved2023-10-27– via Newspapers.com.
- ^"An eclipse of the sun".The Kansas City Star.Kansas City, Missouri. 1904-03-17. p. 3.Retrieved2023-10-27– via Newspapers.com.
- ^"ERIN GO BRAUGH".The Daily Journal.Freeport, Illinois. 1904-03-17. p. 4.Retrieved2023-10-27– via Newspapers.com.
- ^"Sun to be eclipsed today".The Brunswick News.Brunswick, Georgia. 1904-03-17. p. 1.Retrieved2023-10-27– via Newspapers.com.
- ^Donitch, N. (1905)."On the observation of the Annular Solar eclipse in Indo-China on 16 march 1904".Izv. Russ.Astron.Ob-va(8/9): 276–279. Archived fromthe originalon 29 August 2019.
- ^van Gent, R.H."Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present".A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles.Utrecht University.Retrieved6 October2018.