Solar eclipse of September 30, 1913


A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Tuesday, September 30, 1913, with a magnitude of 0.8252. 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 Southern Africa and Antarctica.

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.
EventTime
First Penumbral External Contact1913 September 30 at 02:55:44.7 UTC
Greatest Eclipse1913 September 30 at 04:45:48.6 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction1913 September 30 at 04:56:47.2 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction1913 September 30 at 05:48:14.4 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact1913 September 30 at 06:35:28.6 UTC

ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude0.82521
Eclipse Obscuration0.78907
Gamma−1.10053
Sun Right Ascension12h23m33.6s
Sun Declination-02°32'57.4"
Sun Semi-Diameter15'58.5"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.8"
Moon Right Ascension12h21m23.5s
Moon Declination-03°31'54.0"
Moon Semi-Diameter16'42.2"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax1°01'18.1"
ΔT15.6 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

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 152

Inex

Triad