Solar eclipse of May 18, 1920
Introduction A partial solar eclipse occurred on Tuesday, May 18, 1920.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 misses the Earth.
Related eclipses ===Solar eclipses 1916–1920====== Saros 146 ===It is a part of Saros cycle 146, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 76 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on September 19, 1541.It contains total eclipses from May 29, 1938 through October 7, 2154, hybrid eclipses from October 17, 2172 through November 20, 2226, and annular eclipses from December 1, 2244 through August 10, 2659.The series ends at member 76 as a partial eclipse on December 29, 2893.The longest duration of totality was 5 minutes, 21 seconds on June 30, 1992.Series members 21-37 occur between 1901 and 2200:212223150pxMay 7, 1902150pxMay 18, 1920150pxMay 29, 1938242526150pxJune 8, 1956150pxJune 20, 1974150pxJune 30, 1992272829150pxJuly 11, 2010150pxJuly 22, 2028150pxAugust 2, 2046303132150pxAugust 12, 2064150pxAugust 24, 2082150pxSeptember 4, 2100333435150pxSeptember 15, 2118150pxSeptember 26, 2136150pxOctober 7, 21543637150pxOctober 17, 2172150pxOctober 29, 2190
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