Solar eclipse of December 23, 1908

Solar eclipse of December 23, 1908
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Hybrid
Gamma	-0.4985
Magnitude	1.0024
Maximum eclipse
Duration	12 sec (0 m 12 s)
Coordinates
Max. width of band	10 km (6.2 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	11:44:28
References
Saros	140 (23 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9301

A total solar eclipse occurred on December 23, 1908. 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 total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. This event is a hybrid, starting and ending as an annular eclipse.

Related eclipses

Solar eclipses 1906-1909

Each member 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 1906-1909

Ascending node			Descending node
115	July 21, 1906 Partial		120	January 14, 1907 Total
125	July 10, 1907 Annular		130	January 3, 1908 Total
135	June 28, 1908 Annular		140	December 23, 1908 Hybrid
145	June 17, 1909 Hybrid		150	December 12, 1909 Partial

References

• Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
  • Google interactive map
  • Besselian elements