A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Sunday, December 12, 1909, with a magnitude of 0.5424. 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.
This event was visible as a partial solar eclipse across Antarctica and New Zealand.
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.
+December 12, 1909 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 1909 December 12 at 17:56:19.6 UTC Greatest Eclipse 1909 December 12 at 19:44:48.1 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 1909 December 12 at 19:58:40.0 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 1909 December 12 at 20:09:23.5 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 1909 December 12 at 21:33:01.1 UTC
+December 12, 1909 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.54243 Eclipse Obscuration 0.42921 Gamma –1.24559 Sun Right Ascension 17h17m14.6s Sun Declination -23°05'16.7" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'14.8" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 17h16m22.9s Moon Declination -24°13'34.7" Moon Semi-Diameter 15'12.2" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°55'47.8" ΔT 10.4 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 November–December 1909 November 27Ascending node (full moon) December 12Descending node (new moon) Penumbral lunar eclipseLunar Saros 124 Annular solar eclipseSolar Saros 150
Related eclipses Eclipses in 1909 A total lunar eclipse on June 4. A hybrid solar eclipse on June 17. A total lunar eclipse on November 27. A partial solar eclipse on December 12.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 23, 1906 Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 30, 1913
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 31, 1902 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 23, 1917
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of December 6, 1900 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of December 17, 1918
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 11, 1899 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 10, 1920
Solar Saros 150 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 1, 1891 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 24, 1927
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 31, 1880 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 21, 1938
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 11, 1823 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 12, 1996
Solar eclipses of 1906–1909
Saros 150
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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