Solar eclipse of August 31, 1913
A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Sunday, August 31, 1913, with a magnitude of 0.1513. 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 eastern Canada and Greenland.
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 |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 1913 August 31 at 19:35:08.9 UTC |
| First Penumbral External Contact | 1913 August 31 at 20:02:37.1 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 1913 August 31 at 20:38:01.7 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse | 1913 August 31 at 20:52:11.8 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 1913 August 31 at 21:42:17.1 UTC |
| Parameter | Value |
| Eclipse Magnitude | 0.15134 |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 0.06998 |
| Gamma | 1.45121 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 10h37m57.1s |
| Sun Declination | +08°38'38.2" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 15'51.0" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.7" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 10h40m42.4s |
| Moon Declination | +09°57'27.7" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 16'42.1" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 1°01'17.9" |
| ΔT | 15.5 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.| August 31 Descending node | September 15 Ascending node | September 30 Descending node |
| Partial solar eclipse Solar Saros 114 | Total lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 126 | Partial solar eclipse Solar Saros 152 |
Related eclipses
Eclipses in 1913
- A total lunar eclipse on March 22.
- A partial solar eclipse on April 6.A partial solar eclipse on August 31.
- A total lunar eclipse on September 15.
- A partial solar eclipse on September 30.
Metonic
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 19, 1917
Tzolkinex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 21, 1906
Tritos
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 31, 1924
Solar Saros 114
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 20, 1895
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 12, 1931
Inex
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 12, 1942
Triad
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 31, 1826
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 1, 2000