Solar eclipse of November 10, 1920

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| previous = Solar eclipse of May 18, 1920

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A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Wednesday, November 10, 1920,{{cite web|title=November 10, 1920 Partial Solar Eclipse|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/1920-november-10|publisher=timeanddate|access-date=1 August 2024}} with a magnitude of 0.742. 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 passes above or below the Earth.

A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Canada, the United States, Northwest Africa, and Western Europe.

Eclipse details

Shown 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.{{cite web|title=Partial Solar Eclipse of 1920 Nov10|url=https://eclipsewise.com/solar/SEprime/1901-2000/SE1920Nov10Pprime.html|publisher=EclipseWise.com|access-date=1 August 2024}}

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|+November 10, 1920 Solar Eclipse Times

! Event

! Time (UTC)

First Penumbral External Contact

| 1920 November 10 at 13:47:26.5 UTC

Equatorial Conjunction

| 1920 November 10 at 15:28:01.8 UTC

Greatest Eclipse

| 1920 November 10 at 15:52:15.0 UTC

Ecliptic Conjunction

| 1920 November 10 at 16:05:10.6 UTC

Last Penumbral External Contact

| 1920 November 10 at 17:57:19.7 UTC

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|+November 10, 1920 Solar Eclipse Parameters

! Parameter

! Value

Eclipse Magnitude

| 0.74201

Eclipse Obscuration

| 0.65874

Gamma

| 1.12869

Sun Right Ascension

| 15h02m00.4s

Sun Declination

| -17°11'23.8"

Sun Semi-Diameter

| 16'09.4"

Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax

| 08.9"

Moon Right Ascension

| 15h02m47.8s

Moon Declination

| -16°10'02.1"

Moon Semi-Diameter

| 15'06.3"

Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax

| 0°55'26.3"

ΔT

| 22.1 s

Eclipse season

This 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.

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|+ Eclipse season of October–November 1920

! October 27
Descending node (full moon) !! November 10
Ascending node (new moon)

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| Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 125

Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 151