A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit between Sunday, August 19 and Monday, August 20, 1906, with a magnitude of 0.3147. 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 Russia, Alaska, Western Canada, and the Pacific Northwest.
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.
+August 20, 1906 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 1906 August 19 at 23:53:11.5 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 1906 August 20 at 00:33:41.7 UTC Greatest Eclipse 1906 August 20 at 01:12:49.6 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 1906 August 20 at 01:27:22.8 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 1906 August 20 at 02:32:40.9 UTC
+August 20, 1906 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.31473 Eclipse Obscuration 0.20068 Gamma 1.37306 Sun Right Ascension 09h53m24.2s Sun Declination +12°49'20.8" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'48.5" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7" Moon Right Ascension 09h54m44.1s Moon Declination +14°05'01.4" Moon Semi-Diameter 15'32.6" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°57'02.8" ΔT 5.8 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. The first and last eclipse in this sequence is separated by one synodic month.
+ Eclipse season of July−August 1906 July 21Ascending node (new moon) August 4Descending node (full moon) August 20Ascending node (new moon) Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 115 Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 127 Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 153
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 October 31, 1902
Tzolkinex Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 30, 1913
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 12, 1897 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of August 24, 1915
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 18, 1895 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 19, 1917
Solar Saros 153 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 7, 1888 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 30, 1924
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 7, 1877 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 30, 1935
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 19, 1819
Solar eclipses of 1902–1906
Saros 153
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 1928May 25, 1808(Saros 144)April 24, 1819(Saros 145)March 24, 1830(Saros 146)February 21, 1841(Saros 147)January 21, 1852(Saros 148)December 21, 1862(Saros 149)November 20, 1873(Saros 150)October 19, 1884(Saros 151)September 18, 1895(Saros 152)August 20, 1906(Saros 153)July 19, 1917(Saros 154)June 17, 1928(Saros 155)
Inex series
Series members between 1801 and 1964October 19, 1819(Saros 150)September 27, 1848(Saros 151)September 7, 1877(Saros 152)August 20, 1906(Saros 153)July 30, 1935(Saros 154)July 9, 1964(Saros 155)
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