A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Friday, October 31, 1902, with a magnitude of 0.696. 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 Northern Europe, Eastern Europe, the northern Middle East, South Asia, East Asia, and North Asia.
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.
+October 31, 1902 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 1902 October 31 at 05:58:33.8 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 1902 October 31 at 07:28:17.6 UTC Greatest Eclipse 1902 October 31 at 08:00:17.5 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 1902 October 31 at 08:13:32.8 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 1902 October 31 at 10:02:20.8 UTC
+October 31, 1902 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.69599 Eclipse Obscuration 0.60451 Gamma 1.15559 Sun Right Ascension 14h18m29.8s Sun Declination -13°50'43.3" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'06.8" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 14h19m30.7s Moon Declination -12°48'43.6" Moon Semi-Diameter 15'04.1" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°55'18.1" ΔT 1.0 s
Eclipse season
This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.
+ Eclipse season of October 1902 October 17Descending node (full moon) October 31Ascending node (new moon) Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 125 Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 151
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 January 11, 1899 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 20, 1906
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 18, 1895 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 12, 1909
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of October 25, 1893 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of November 6, 1911
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 1, 1891 Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 30, 1913
Solar Saros 151 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 19, 1884 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 10, 1920
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 20, 1873 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 11, 1931
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 30, 1815 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 31, 1989
Solar eclipses of 1898–1902
Saros 151
Metonic series All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's ascending node.
24 eclipse events between March 25, 1819 and August 20, 1906March 25–26January 11–12October 30–31August 18–20June 6–7107109111113115March 25, 1819January 12, 1823October 31, 1826August 18, 1830June 7, 1834117119121123125March 25, 1838January 11, 1842October 30, 1845August 18, 1849June 6, 1853127129131133135March 25, 1857January 11, 1861October 30, 1864August 18, 1868June 6, 1872137139141143145March 25, 1876January 11, 1880October 30, 1883August 19, 1887June 6, 1891147149151153March 26, 1895January 11, 1899October 31, 1902August 20, 1906
Tritos series
Series members between 1801 and 1946August 5, 1804(Saros 142)July 6, 1815(Saros 143)June 5, 1826(Saros 144)May 4, 1837(Saros 145)April 3, 1848(Saros 146)March 4, 1859(Saros 147)January 31, 1870(Saros 148)December 31, 1880(Saros 149)December 1, 1891(Saros 150)October 31, 1902(Saros 151)September 30, 1913(Saros 152)August 30, 1924(Saros 153)July 30, 1935(Saros 154)June 29, 1946(Saros 155)
Inex series
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