Solar eclipse of March 17, 1923

An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Saturday, March 17, 1923, with a magnitude of 0.931. 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. Annularity was visible from Chile, Argentina, Falkland Islands including capital Stanley, Gough Island in Tristan da Cunha, South West Africa (today's Namibia), Bechuanaland Protectorate (today's Botswana, Southern Rhodesia (today's Zimbabwe) including capital Salisbury, Portuguese Mozambique (today's Mozambique), Nyasaland (today's Malawi), French Madagascar (the part now belonging to Madagascar, and the Islands of Juan de Nova and Tromelin).

Eclipses in 1923

 * A partial lunar eclipse on March 3, 1923.
 * An annular solar eclipse on March 17, 1923.
 * A partial lunar eclipse on August 26, 1923.
 * A total solar eclipse on September 10, 1923.

Metonic

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 29, 1919
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 3, 1927

Tzolkinex

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 3, 1916
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 28, 1930

Half-Saros

 * Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of March 12, 1914
 * Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 22, 1932

Tritos

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 17, 1912
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 14, 1934

Solar Saros 138

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 6, 1905
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 27, 1941

Inex

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 6, 1894
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 25, 1952

Triad

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 15, 1836
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 15, 2010