A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Wednesday, May 7, 1902,[1][2][3] with a magnitude of 0.8593. 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.
| Solar eclipse of May 7, 1902 | |
|---|---|
 Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Partial |
| Gamma | −1.0831 |
| Magnitude | 0.8593 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Coordinates | 70°00′S 125°06′W / 70°S 125.1°W |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 22:34:16 |
| References | |
| Saros | 146 (21 of 76) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9285 |
Related eclipses
Eclipses in 1902
- A partial solar eclipse on April 8, 1902.
- A total lunar eclipse on April 22, 1902.
- A partial solar eclipse on May 7, 1902.
- A total lunar eclipse on October 17, 1902.
- A partial solar eclipse on October 31, 1902.
Metonic
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 18, 1898
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 23, 1906
Tzolkinex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 26, 1895
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 17, 1909
Half-Saros
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of April 30, 1893
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 13, 1911
Tritos
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 6, 1891
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 6, 1913
Solar Saros 146
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 25, 1884
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 18, 1920
Inex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 26, 1873
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 18, 1931
Triad
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 6, 1815
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 7, 1989
Solar eclipses 1898–1902
This eclipse is a member of the 1898–1902 solar eclipse 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.
| Solar eclipse series sets from 1898 to 1902 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||
| 111 | December 13, 1898 Partial | 116 | June 8, 1899 Partial | |
| 121 | December 3, 1899 Annular | 126 | May 28, 1900 Total | |
| 131 | November 22, 1900 Annular | 136 | May 18, 1901 Total | |
| 141 | November 11, 1901 Annular | 146 | May 7, 1902 Partial | |
| 151 | October 31, 1902 Partial | |||
Saros 146
It is a part of Saros cycle 146, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 76 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on September 19, 1541. It contains total eclipses from May 29, 1938 through October 7, 2154, hybrid eclipses from October 17, 2172 through November 20, 2226, and annular eclipses from December 1, 2244 through August 10, 2659. The series ends at member 76 as a partial eclipse on December 29, 2893. The longest duration of totality was 5 minutes, 21 seconds on June 30, 1992.
| Series members 21-37 occur between 1901 and 2200: | ||
|---|---|---|
| 21 | 22 | 23 |
| May 7, 1902 |  May 18, 1920 |  May 29, 1938 |
| 24 | 25 | 26 |
 June 8, 1956 |  June 20, 1974 |  June 30, 1992 |
| 27 | 28 | 29 |
 July 11, 2010 |  July 22, 2028 |  August 2, 2046 |
| 30 | 31 | 32 |
 August 12, 2064 |  August 24, 2082 |  September 4, 2100 |
| 33 | 34 | 35 |
 September 15, 2118 |  September 26, 2136 |  October 7, 2154 |
| 36 | 37 | |
 October 17, 2172 |  October 29, 2190 | |
Notes
References
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
