A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Saturday, July 21, 1906, with a magnitude of 0.3355. 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 Argentina and Chile.
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.
+July 21, 1906 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 1906 July 21 at 11:48:29.5 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 1906 July 21 at 12:59:01.1 UTC Greatest Eclipse 1906 July 21 at 13:14:19.0 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 1906 July 21 at 13:30:23.7 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 1906 July 21 at 14:39:56.8 UTC
+July 21, 1906 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.33551 Eclipse Obscuration 0.21869 Gamma −1.36368 Sun Right Ascension 07h59m42.4s Sun Declination +20°36'09.7" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'44.5" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7" Moon Right Ascension 07h59m09.6s Moon Declination +19°20'59.5" Moon Semi-Diameter 15'08.2" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°55'33.2" 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 Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 9, 1910
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 8, 1899 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 31, 1913
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of July 14, 1897 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of July 26, 1915
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 20, 1895 Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 19, 1917
Solar Saros 115 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 9, 1888 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 31, 1924
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 9, 1877 Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 30, 1935
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 19, 1819 Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 21, 1993
Solar eclipses of 1906–1909
Saros 115
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
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