A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Wednesday, November 10, 1920, with a magnitude of 0.742. 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 passes above or below the Earth.
A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Canada, the United States, Northwest Africa, and Western Europe.
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.
+November 10, 1920 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 1920 November 10 at 13:47:26.5 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 1920 November 10 at 15:28:01.8 UTC Greatest Eclipse 1920 November 10 at 15:52:15.0 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 1920 November 10 at 16:05:10.6 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 1920 November 10 at 17:57:19.7 UTC
+November 10, 1920 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.74201 Eclipse Obscuration 0.65874 Gamma 1.12869 Sun Right Ascension 15h02m00.4s Sun Declination -17°11'23.8" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'09.4" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 15h02m47.8s Moon Declination -16°10'02.1" Moon Semi-Diameter 15'06.3" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°55'26.3" ΔT 22.1 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–November 1920 October 27Descending node (full moon) November 10Ascending node (new moon) Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 125 Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 151
Related eclipses Eclipses in 1920 A total lunar eclipse on May 3. A partial solar eclipse on May 18. A total lunar eclipse on October 27. A partial solar eclipse on November 10.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 23, 1917 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 30, 1924
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 30, 1913 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 24, 1927
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of November 6, 1911 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of November 17, 1929
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 12, 1909 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 11, 1931
Solar Saros 151 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 31, 1902 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 21, 1938
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 1, 1891 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 21, 1949
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 9, 1834 Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 11, 2007
Solar eclipses of 1916–1920
Saros 151
Metonic series
Tritos series
Series members between 1801 and 1964September 17, 1811(Saros 141)August 16, 1822(Saros 142)July 17, 1833(Saros 143)June 16, 1844(Saros 144)May 16, 1855(Saros 145)April 15, 1866(Saros 146)March 15, 1877(Saros 147)February 11, 1888(Saros 148)January 11, 1899(Saros 149)December 12, 1909(Saros 150)November 10, 1920(Saros 151)October 11, 1931(Saros 152)September 10, 1942(Saros 153)August 9, 1953(Saros 154)July 9, 1964(Saros 155)
Inex series
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