Solar eclipse of June 17, 1909

82°54′N 123°36′E / 82.9°N 123.6°E / 82.9; 123.6Max. width of band51 km (32 mi)Times (UTC)Greatest eclipse23:18:38ReferencesSaros145 (16 of 77)Catalog # (SE5000)9302

A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Thursday, June 17, 1909,^[1][2][3] with a magnitude of 1.0065. It was a hybrid event, with only a fraction of its path as total, and longer sections at the start and end as an annular eclipse. 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 total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide.

The path of totality crossed central Russia, the Arctic Ocean, northeastern Ellesmere Island in Canada, Greenland, and annularity crossed southern Siberia in Russia (now in northeastern Kazakhstan and southern Russia) and southern Greenland.

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 1909

• A total lunar eclipse on June 4, 1909.
• A hybrid solar eclipse on June 17, 1909.
• A total lunar eclipse on November 27, 1909.
• A partial solar eclipse on December 12, 1909.

Metonic

• Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 30, 1905
• Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 6, 1913

Tzolkinex

• Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 7, 1902
• Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 30, 1916

Half-Saros

• Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of June 13, 1900
• Followed by: Lunar eclipse of June 24, 1918

Tritos

• Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 18, 1898
• Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 18, 1920

Solar Saros 145

• Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 6, 1891
• Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 29, 1927

Inex

• Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 7, 1880
• Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 29, 1938

Triad

• Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 16, 1822
• Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 17, 1996

Solar eclipses of 1906–1909

This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.^[4]

Solar eclipse series sets from 1906 to 1909
Ascending node			Descending node
115	July 21, 1906 Partial		120	January 14, 1907 Total
125	July 10, 1907 Annular		130	January 3, 1908 Total
135	June 28, 1908 Annular		140	December 23, 1908 Hybrid
145	June 17, 1909 Hybrid		150	December 12, 1909 Partial

Saros 145

This solar eclipse is a part of Saros cycle 145, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, 8 hours, containing 77 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on January 4, 1639, and reached a first annular eclipse on June 6, 1891. It was a hybrid event on June 17, 1909, and total eclipses from June 29, 1927, through September 9, 2648. The series ends at member 77 as a partial eclipse on April 17, 3009. The longest eclipse will occur on June 25, 2522, with a maximum duration of totality of 7 minutes, 12 seconds. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon's ascending node.

Series members 10–32 occur between 1801 and 2359
10	11	12
April 13, 1801	April 24, 1819	May 4, 1837
13	14	15
May 16, 1855	May 26, 1873	June 6, 1891
16	17	18
June 17, 1909	June 29, 1927	July 9, 1945
19	20	21
July 20, 1963	July 31, 1981	August 11, 1999
22	23	24
August 21, 2017	September 2, 2035	September 12, 2053
25	26	27
September 23, 2071	October 4, 2089	October 16, 2107
28	29	30
October 26, 2125	November 7, 2143	November 17, 2161
31	32	33
November 28, 2179	December 9, 2197	December 21, 2215
34	35	36
December 31, 2233	January 12, 2252	January 22, 2270
37	38	39
February 2, 2288	February 14, 2306	February 25, 2324
40
March 8, 2342

External links

• Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
  • Google interactive map
  • Besselian elements