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Template:Solar eclipse set 1916–1920

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This 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.[1]

The solar eclipses on February 3, 1916 (total), July 30, 1916 (annular), January 23, 1917 (partial), and July 19, 1917 (partial) occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1916 to 1920
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
111 December 24, 1916

Partial
−1.5321 116 June 19, 1917

Partial
1.2857
121 December 14, 1917

Annular
−0.9157 126 June 8, 1918

Total
0.4658
131 December 3, 1918

Annular
−0.2387 136

Totality in Príncipe
May 29, 1919

Total
−0.2955
141 November 22, 1919

Annular
0.4549 146 May 18, 1920

Partial
−1.0239
151 November 10, 1920

Partial
1.1287
  1. ^ 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.