A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Friday, February 23, 1906, with a magnitude of 0.5386. 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 Antarctica and Southern Australia.
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.
+February 23, 1906 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 1906 February 23 at 05:57:45.1 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 1906 February 23 at 07:03:47.6 UTC Greatest Eclipse 1906 February 23 at 07:43:20.4 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 1906 February 23 at 07:57:15.8 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 1906 February 23 at 09:29:19.3 UTC
+February 23, 1906 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.53864 Eclipse Obscuration 0.42720 Gamma −1.24788 Sun Right Ascension 22h22m48.6s Sun Declination -10°07'11.2" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'09.6" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 22h24m05.7s Moon Declination -11°14'43.4" Moon Semi-Diameter 15'21.4" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°56'21.5" ΔT 5.4 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 February 1906 February 9Ascending node (full moon) February 23Descending node (new moon) Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 122 Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 148
Related eclipses Eclipses in 1906 A total lunar eclipse on February 9. A partial solar eclipse on February 23. A partial solar eclipse on July 21. A total lunar eclipse on August 4. A partial solar eclipse on August 20.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 7, 1902 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 12, 1909
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 11, 1899 Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 6, 1913
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of February 17, 1897 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 1, 1915
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 26, 1895 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 23, 1917
Solar Saros 148 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 11, 1888 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 5, 1924
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 15, 1877 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 3, 1935
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 24, 1819 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 24, 1992
Solar eclipses of 1902–1906
Saros 148
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
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