An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Monday, March 6, 1905, with a magnitude of 0.9269. 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 2.1 days before apogee (on March 8, 1905, at 7:00 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.
Annularity was visible from Heard Island and McDonald Islands (now an Australian external territory), Australia, New Caledonia, and New Hebrides (now Vanuatu). A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Madagascar, Antarctica, Australia, and Oceania.
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.
+March 6, 1905 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 1905 March 6 at 02:19:16.2 UTC First Umbral External Contact 1905 March 6 at 03:32:13.3 UTC First Central Line 1905 March 6 at 03:35:52.7 UTC First Umbral Internal Contact 1905 March 6 at 03:39:35.1 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 1905 March 6 at 04:51:33.7 UTC Greatest Duration 1905 March 6 at 05:10:13.7 UTC Greatest Eclipse 1905 March 6 at 05:12:25.7 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 1905 March 6 at 05:19:19.8 UTC Last Umbral Internal Contact 1905 March 6 at 06:45:31.2 UTC Last Central Line 1905 March 6 at 06:49:14.2 UTC Last Umbral External Contact 1905 March 6 at 06:52:54.4 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 1905 March 6 at 08:05:47.3 UTC
+March 6, 1905 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.92691 Eclipse Obscuration 0.85916 Gamma −0.57684 Sun Right Ascension 23h04m40.3s Sun Declination -05°55'14.1" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'07.0" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 23h05m16.9s Moon Declination -06°25'02.0" Moon Semi-Diameter 14'45.4" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°54'09.6" ΔT 4.1 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 February–March 1905 February 19Ascending node (full moon) March 6Descending node (new moon) Partial lunar eclipseLunar Saros 112 Annular solar eclipseSolar Saros 138
Related eclipses Eclipses in 1905 A partial lunar eclipse on February 19. An annular solar eclipse on March 6. A partial lunar eclipse on August 15. A total solar eclipse on August 30.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 18, 1901 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 23, 1908
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 22, 1898 Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 17, 1912
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of February 28, 1896 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 12, 1914
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 6, 1894 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 3, 1916
Solar Saros 138 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 22, 1887 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 17, 1923
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 25, 1876 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 14, 1934
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 5, 1818 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 4, 1992
Solar eclipses of 1902–1906
Saros 138
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
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