Solar eclipse of August 20, 1906
A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit between Sunday, August 19 and Monday, August 20, 1906, with a magnitude of 0.3147. 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 Northern Russia, Alaska, Western Canada, and the Pacific Northwest.
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.| Event | Time |
| First Penumbral External Contact | 1906 August 19 at 23:53:11.5 UTC |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 1906 August 20 at 00:33:41.7 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse | 1906 August 20 at 01:12:49.6 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 1906 August 20 at 01:27:22.8 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 1906 August 20 at 02:32:40.9 UTC |
| Parameter | Value |
| Eclipse Magnitude | 0.31473 |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 0.20068 |
| Gamma | 1.37306 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 09h53m24.2s |
| Sun Declination | +12°49'20.8" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 15'48.5" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.7" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 09h54m44.1s |
| Moon Declination | +14°05'01.4" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 15'32.6" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 0°57'02.8" |
| 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 eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months 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.| July 21 Ascending node | August 4 Descending node | August 20 Ascending node |
| Partial solar eclipse Solar Saros 115 | Total lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 127 | Partial solar eclipse Solar 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
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 31, 1902
Tzolkinex
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 30, 1913
Half-Saros
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 12, 1897
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of August 24, 1915
Tritos
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 18, 1895
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 19, 1917
Solar Saros 153
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 7, 1888
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 30, 1924
Inex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 7, 1877
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 30, 1935
Triad
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 19, 1819