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]
| Solar eclipse of February 25, 1914 | |
|---|---|
 Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Annular |
| Gamma | −0.9416 |
| Magnitude | 0.9248 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 335 s (5 min 35 s) |
| Coordinates | 62°06′S 113°18′W / 62.1°S 113.3°W |
| Max. width of band | 839 km (521 mi) |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 0:13:01 |
| References | |
| Saros | 119 (60 of 71) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9313 |
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]
Eclipse details
editShown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.[10]
| Event | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|
| First Penumbral External Contact | 1914 February 24 at 21:45:44.8 UTC |
| First Umbral External Contact | 1914 February 24 at 23:26:46.2 UTC |
| First Central Line | 1914 February 24 at 23:34:33.5 UTC |
| First Umbral Internal Contact | 1914 February 24 at 23:44:06.5 UTC |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 1914 February 24 at 23:16:07.3 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 1914 February 25 at 00:02:02.3 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse | 1914 February 25 at 00:13:01.0 UTC |
| Greatest Duration | 1914 February 25 at 00:13:07.8 UTC |
| Last Umbral Internal Contact | 1914 February 25 at 00:42:30.0 UTC |
| Last Central Line | 1914 February 25 at 00:52:04.0 UTC |
| Last Umbral External Contact | 1914 February 25 at 00:59:52.3 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 1914 February 25 at 02:40:43.4 UTC |
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Eclipse Magnitude | 0.92478 |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 0.85522 |
| Gamma | −0.94158 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 22h29m29.1s |
| Sun Declination | -09°28'36.0" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 16'09.3" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.9" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 22h31m04.3s |
| Moon Declination | -10°14'09.7" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 14'52.3" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 0°54'34.6" |
| ΔT | 16.2 s |
Eclipse season
editThis eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.
| February 25 Ascending node (new moon) |
March 12 Descending node (full moon) |
|---|---|
| |
|
| Annular solar eclipse Solar Saros 119 |
Partial lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 131 |
Related eclipses
editEclipses in 1914
edit- An annular solar eclipse on February 25.
- A partial lunar eclipse on March 12.
- A total solar eclipse on August 21.
- A partial lunar eclipse on September 4.
Metonic
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 9, 1910
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 14, 1917
Tzolkinex
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 14, 1907
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 8, 1921
Half-Saros
edit- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of February 19, 1905
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 3, 1923
Tritos
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 29, 1903
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 24, 1925
Solar Saros 119
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 13, 1896
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 7, 1932
Inex
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 16, 1885
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 4, 1943
Triad
edit- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 26, 1827
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 25, 2000
Solar eclipses of 1913–1917
editThis 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.[11]
The partial solar eclipses on April 6, 1913 and September 30, 1913 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set, and the solar eclipses on December 24, 1916 (partial), June 19, 1917 (partial), and December 14, 1917 (annular) occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.
| Solar eclipse series sets from 1913 to 1917 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
| 114 | August 31, 1913 Partial |
1.4512 | 119 | February 25, 1914 Annular |
−0.9416 | |
| 124 | August 21, 1914 Total |
0.7655 | 129 | February 14, 1915 Annular |
−0.2024 | |
| 134 | August 10, 1915 Annular |
0.0124 | 139
|
February 3, 1916 Total |
0.4987 | |
| 144 | July 30, 1916 Annular |
−0.7709 | 149 | January 23, 1917 Partial |
1.1508 | |
| 154 | July 19, 1917 Partial |
−1.5101 | ||||
Saros 119
editThis eclipse is a part of Saros series 119, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on May 15, 850 AD. It contains total eclipses on August 9, 994 AD and August 20, 1012; a hybrid eclipse on August 31, 1030; and annular eclipses from September 10, 1048 through March 18, 1950. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on June 24, 2112. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.
The longest duration of totality was produced by member 10 at 32 seconds on August 20, 1012, and the longest duration of annularity was produced by member 44 at 7 minutes, 37 seconds on September 1, 1625. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.[12]
| Series members 54–71 occur between 1801 and 2112: | ||
|---|---|---|
| 54 | 55 | 56 |
 December 21, 1805 |
 January 1, 1824 |
 January 11, 1842 |
| 57 | 58 | 59 |
 January 23, 1860 |
 February 2, 1878 |
 February 13, 1896 |
| 60 | 61 | 62 |
| February 25, 1914 |
 March 7, 1932 |
 March 18, 1950 |
| 63 | 64 | 65 |
 March 28, 1968 |
 April 9, 1986 |
 April 19, 2004 |
| 66 | 67 | 68 |
 April 30, 2022 |
 May 11, 2040 |
 May 22, 2058 |
| 69 | 70 | 71 |
 June 1, 2076 |
 June 13, 2094 |
 June 24, 2112 |
Metonic series
editThe 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). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's ascending node.
| 22 eclipse events between December 13, 1898 and July 20, 1982 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 13–14 | October 1–2 | July 20–21 | May 9 | February 24–25 |
| 111 | 113 | 115 | 117 | 119 |
 December 13, 1898 |
 July 21, 1906 |
 May 9, 1910 |
February 25, 1914 | |
| 121 | 123 | 125 | 127 | 129 |
 December 14, 1917 |
 October 1, 1921 |
 July 20, 1925 |
 May 9, 1929 |
 February 24, 1933 |
| 131 | 133 | 135 | 137 | 139 |
 December 13, 1936 |
 October 1, 1940 |
 July 20, 1944 |
 May 9, 1948 |
 February 25, 1952 |
| 141 | 143 | 145 | 147 | 149 |
 December 14, 1955 |
 October 2, 1959 |
 July 20, 1963 |
 May 9, 1967 |
 February 25, 1971 |
| 151 | 153 | 155 | ||
 December 13, 1974 |
 October 2, 1978 |
 July 20, 1982 | ||
Tritos series
editThis eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
| Series members between 1801 and 2200 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 January 1, 1805 (Saros 109) |
 October 31, 1826 (Saros 111) |
 August 28, 1848 (Saros 113) | ||
 July 29, 1859 (Saros 114) |
 June 28, 1870 (Saros 115) |
 May 27, 1881 (Saros 116) |
 April 26, 1892 (Saros 117) |
 March 29, 1903 (Saros 118) |
| February 25, 1914 (Saros 119) |
 January 24, 1925 (Saros 120) |
 December 25, 1935 (Saros 121) |
 November 23, 1946 (Saros 122) |
 October 23, 1957 (Saros 123) |
 September 22, 1968 (Saros 124) |
 August 22, 1979 (Saros 125) |
 July 22, 1990 (Saros 126) |
 June 21, 2001 (Saros 127) |
 May 20, 2012 (Saros 128) |
 April 20, 2023 (Saros 129) |
 March 20, 2034 (Saros 130) |
 February 16, 2045 (Saros 131) |
 January 16, 2056 (Saros 132) |
 December 17, 2066 (Saros 133) |
 November 15, 2077 (Saros 134) |
 October 14, 2088 (Saros 135) |
 September 14, 2099 (Saros 136) |
 August 15, 2110 (Saros 137) |
 July 14, 2121 (Saros 138) |
 June 13, 2132 (Saros 139) |
 May 14, 2143 (Saros 140) |
 April 12, 2154 (Saros 141) |
 March 12, 2165 (Saros 142) |
 February 10, 2176 (Saros 143) |
 January 9, 2187 (Saros 144) |
 December 9, 2197 (Saros 145) | |||
Inex series
editThis eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
| Series members between 1801 and 2200 | ||
|---|---|---|
 April 26, 1827 (Saros 116) |
 April 5, 1856 (Saros 117) |
 March 16, 1885 (Saros 118) |
| February 25, 1914 (Saros 119) |
 February 4, 1943 (Saros 120) |
 January 16, 1972 (Saros 121) |
 December 25, 2000 (Saros 122) |
 December 5, 2029 (Saros 123) |
 November 16, 2058 (Saros 124) |
 October 26, 2087 (Saros 125) |
 October 6, 2116 (Saros 126) |
 September 16, 2145 (Saros 127) |
 August 27, 2174 (Saros 128) |
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References
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- ^ a b c "AN ECLIPSE OF SUN TOMORROW". The Butte Daily Post. Butte, Montana. 1914-02-23. p. 12. Retrieved 2023-11-11 – via Newspapers.com.
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- ^ a b "Down in Patagonia and the Southeastern Coast of New Zealant Annular Eclipse of the Sun Is Visible". The Missoula Sentinel. Missoula, Montana. 1914-02-25. p. 6. Retrieved 2023-11-11 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Moon Eclipses Sun Is Not Visible Here". Star-Gazette. Elmira, New York. 1914-02-23. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-11-11 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "ECLIPSE OF THE SUN". The Salina Daily Union. Salina, Kansas. 1914-02-25. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-11-11 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "ECLIPSE OF THE SUN". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia. 1914-02-26. p. 9. Retrieved 2023-11-11 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Clouds obscure eclipse". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 1914-02-26. p. 9. Retrieved 2023-11-11 – via Newspapers.com.
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- ^ 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.
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- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
