Solar eclipse of February 25, 1914

Solar eclipse of February 25, 1914
Map
Type of eclipse
NatureAnnular
Gamma−0.9416
Magnitude0.9248
Maximum eclipse
Duration335 s (5 min 35 s)
Coordinates62°06′S 113°18′W / 62.1°S 113.3°W / -62.1; -113.3
Max. width of band839 km (521 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse0:13:01
References
Saros119 (60 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)9313

An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit between Tuesday, February 24 and Wednesday, February 25, 1914,[1][2][3] with a magnitude of 0.9248. 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. Occurring about 3.3 days before apogee (on February 28, 1914, at 9:10 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.[4]

It took place almost entirely over the Southern Ocean, near Antarctica;[2] at its widest, the shadow cast by the moon was 167 mi (269 km) wide.[2] As a result, it could be seen from small patches of land, most notably southern Patagonia and part of New Zealand.[2][3][5] Due to this limited visibility, the Star-Gazette of Elmira said that for readers in the United States it was "not particularly interesting from a popular perspective";[6] the Salina Daily Union in Salina, Kansas said that "you perhaps didn't notice it".[7] It was the first of four eclipses that occurred during the year 1914.[3][5] While its path passed over New Zealand, and some attempted to view it in Wellington, it was reported to not have been visible there due to cloud cover.[8][9]

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