Solar eclipse of May 18, 1901
Introduction A total solar eclipse occurred on May 18, 1901.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.The path of totality crossed French Madagascar (the part now belonging to Madagascar), Réunion, British Mauritius (now Mauritius), Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), and British New Guinea (now belonging to Papua New Guinea).
Related eclipses ===Solar eclipses 1901–1902====== Saros 136 ======Inex series=== Inex series members between 1901 and 2100:150pxMay 18, 1901(Saros 136)150pxApril 28, 1930(Saros 137)150pxApril 8, 1959(Saros 138)150pxMarch 18, 1988(Saros 139)150pxFebruary 26, 2017(Saros 140)150pxFebruary 5, 2046(Saros 141)150pxJanuary 16, 2075(Saros 142)
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References *  Photo of Solar Corona May 18, 1901*  Eclipse of May 18, 1901 (Sumatra). Contact print from the original glass plate negative. Lick Observatory Plate Archive, Mt. Hamilton. *  Total Eclipse of the Sun, May 18, 1901 Reports on the Dutch Expedition to Karang Sago, Sumatra, by Dr. A. A. Nijland, March 1903, Utrecht, Published by the Eclipse Committee of the Royal Academy, Amsterdam*  Russia expedition for solar eclipse of May 18, 1901