Solar eclipse of August 31, 1913

Solar eclipse of August 31, 1913
Solar eclipse of August 31, 1913
	Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Partial
Gamma	1.4512
Magnitude	0.1513
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates	61°30′N 26°48′W / 61.5°N 26.8°W
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	20:52:12
References
Saros	114 (71 of 72)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9312

A partial solar eclipse occurred on August 31, 1913.^[1]^[2] 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.

Related eclipses[edit]

Solar eclipses of 1913–1917[edit]

This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.^[3]

Solar eclipse series sets from 1913 to 1917
Descending node		Ascending node
114	August 31, 1913 Partial	119	February 25, 1914 Annular
124	August 21, 1914 Total	129	February 14, 1915 Annular
134	August 10, 1915 Annular	139	February 3, 1916 Total
144	July 30, 1916 Annular	149	January 23, 1917 Partial
154	July 19, 1917 Partial

Metonic series[edit]

The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days).

22 eclipse events, progressing from north to south between April 8, 1902, and August 31, 1989:
April 7–8	January 24–25	November 12	August 31-September 1	June 19–20
108			114	116
April 8, 1902			August 31, 1913	June 19, 1917
118	120	122	124	126
April 8, 1921	January 24, 1925	November 12, 1928	August 31, 1932	June 19, 1936
128	130	132	134	136
April 7, 1940	January 25, 1944	November 12, 1947	September 1, 1951	June 20, 1955
138	140	142	144	146
April 8, 1959	January 25, 1963	November 12, 1966	August 31, 1970	June 20, 1974
148	150	152	154
April 7, 1978	January 25, 1982	November 12, 1985	August 31, 1989

References[edit]

^ "THREE ECLIPSES IN NEXT TWO MONTHS". The Roanoke Times. Roanoke, Virginia. 1913-08-13. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-11-04 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "The second solar eclipse of the year". Star Tribune. Minneapolis, Minnesota. 1913-08-31. p. 28. Retrieved 2023-11-04 – via Newspapers.com.
^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.