An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit between Tuesday, February 24 and Wednesday, February 25, 1914, with a magnitude of 0.9248. 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 3.3 days before apogee (on February 28, 1914, at 9:10 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.

It took place almost entirely over the Southern Ocean, near Antarctica; at its widest, the shadow cast by the moon was wide. As a result, it could be seen from small patches of land, most notably southern Patagonia and part of New Zealand. Due to this limited visibility, the Star-Gazette of Elmira said that for readers in the United States it was "not particularly interesting from a popular perspective"; the Salina Daily Union in Salina, Kansas said that "you perhaps didn't notice it". It was the first of four eclipses that occurred during the year 1914. While its path passed over New Zealand, and some attempted to view it in Wellington, it was reported to not have been visible there due to cloud cover.

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 25, 1914 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 1914 February 24 at 21:45:44.8 UTC First Umbral External Contact 1914 February 24 at 23:26:46.2 UTC First Central Line 1914 February 24 at 23:34:33.5 UTC First Umbral Internal Contact 1914 February 24 at 23:44:06.5 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 1914 February 24 at 23:16:07.3 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 1914 February 25 at 00:02:02.3 UTC Greatest Eclipse 1914 February 25 at 00:13:01.0 UTC Greatest Duration 1914 February 25 at 00:13:07.8 UTC Last Umbral Internal Contact 1914 February 25 at 00:42:30.0 UTC Last Central Line 1914 February 25 at 00:52:04.0 UTC Last Umbral External Contact 1914 February 25 at 00:59:52.3 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 1914 February 25 at 02:40:43.4 UTC

+February 25, 1914 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.92478 Eclipse Obscuration 0.85522 Gamma −0.94158 Sun Right Ascension 22h29m29.1s Sun Declination -09°28'36.0" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'09.3" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 22h31m04.3s Moon Declination -10°14'09.7" Moon Semi-Diameter 14'52.3" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°54'34.6" ΔT 16.2 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–March 1914 February 25Ascending node (new moon) March 12Descending node (full moon) Annular solar eclipseSolar Saros 119 Partial lunar eclipseLunar Saros 131

Related eclipses Eclipses in 1914 An annular solar eclipse on February 25. A partial lunar eclipse on March 12. A total solar eclipse on August 21. A partial lunar eclipse on September 4.

Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 9, 1910 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 14, 1917

Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 14, 1907 Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 8, 1921

Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of February 19, 1905 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 3, 1923

Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 29, 1903 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 24, 1925

Solar Saros 119 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 13, 1896 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 7, 1932

Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 16, 1885 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 4, 1943

Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 26, 1827 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 25, 2000

Solar eclipses of 1913–1917

Saros 119

Metonic series

Tritos series

Inex series

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