Solar eclipse of January 14, 1907

A total solar eclipse occurred on January 14, 1907. 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 Russian Empire (the parts now belonging to Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan) and China (now northwestern China, Mongolia and northern part of northeastern China).

Solar eclipse of January 14, 1907
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Total
Gamma	0.8628
Magnitude	1.0281
Maximum eclipse
Duration	145 sec (2 m 25 s)
Coordinates	38°18′N 86°24′E / 38.3°N 86.4°E / 38.3; 86.4
Max. width of band	189 km (117 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	6:05:43
References
Saros	120 (55 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9297

Observations

 

Supervision of a solar eclipse near station Chernjaevo on January 1, 1907

Observations of the solar eclipse were made from the Tian Shan Mountains.^{[citation needed]}

Related eclipses

Solar eclipses 1906–1909

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.^[1]

Solar eclipse series sets from 1906–1909
Ascending node			Descending node
115	July 21, 1906   Partial		120	January 14, 1907   Total
125	July 10, 1907   Annular		130	January 3, 1908   Total
135	June 28, 1908   Annular		140	December 23, 1908   Hybrid
145	June 17, 1909   Hybrid		150	December 12, 1909   Partial

Saros 120

This eclipse is a part of Saros cycle 120, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on May 27, 933 AD, and reached an annular eclipse on August 11, 1059. It was a hybrid event for 3 dates: May 8, 1510, through May 29, 1546, and total eclipses from June 8, 1564, through March 30, 2033. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on July 7, 2195. The longest duration of totality was 2 minutes, 50 seconds on March 9, 1997. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon’s descending node.

Series members 55–65 occur between 1901 and 2100
55	56	57
January 14, 1907	January 24, 1925	February 4, 1943
58	59	60
February 15, 1961	February 26, 1979	March 9, 1997
61	62	63
March 20, 2015	March 30, 2033	April 11, 2051
64	65
April 21, 2069	May 2, 2087

See also

• Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky

Notes

1. 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.

References

• Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
  • Besselian elements

• Photo of observations solar eclipse of January 14, 1907
• Solar eclipse of January 14, 1907 in Russia
• Solar eclipse of January 14, 1907

 

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