Solar eclipse of February 25, 1914
Introduction An annular solar eclipse occurred on February 25, 1914.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.It took place almost entirely over the Southern Ocean, near Antarctica; at its widest, the shadow cast by the moon was  wide. As a result, it could be seen from small patches of land, most notably southern Patagonia and part of New Zealand. 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"; the ''Salina Daily Union'' in Salina, Kansas said that "you perhaps didn't notice it". It was the first of four eclipses that occurred during the year 1914.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.
Related eclipses === Solar eclipses of 1913–1917====== Saros 119 ===It is a part of Saros cycle 119, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on May 15, 850 AD. It contains total eclipses on August 9, 994 AD and August 20, 1012 with a hybrid eclipse on August 31, 1030.It has annular eclipses from September 10, 1048 through March 18, 1950.The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on June 24, 2112.The longest duration of totality was only 32 seconds on August 20, 1012.The longest duration of annularity was 7 minutes, 37 seconds on September 1, 1625.The longest duration of hybridity was only 18 seconds on August 31, 1030.Series members 54–70 occur between 1801 and 2100:545556150pxDecember 21, 1805150pxJanuary 1, 1824150pxJanuary 11, 1842575859150pxJanuary 23, 1860150pxFebruary 2, 1878February 13, 1896606162150pxFebruary 25, 1914150pxMarch 7, 1932150pxMarch 18, 1950636465150pxMarch 28, 1968150pxApril 9, 1986150pxApril 19, 2004666768150pxApril 30, 2022150pxMay 11, 2040150pxMay 22, 20586970150pxJune 1, 2076150pxJune 13, 2094=== Tritos series ===Series members between 1901 and 2100150pxMarch 29, 1903(Saros 118)150pxFebruary 25, 1914(Saros 119)150pxJanuary 24, 1925(Saros 120)150pxDecember 25, 1935(Saros 121)150pxNovember 23, 1946(Saros 122)150pxOctober 23, 1957(Saros 123)150pxSeptember 22, 1968(Saros 124)150pxAugust 22, 1979(Saros 125)150pxJuly 22, 1990(Saros 126)150pxJune 21, 2001(Saros 127)150pxMay 20, 2012(Saros 128)150pxApril 20, 2023(Saros 129)150pxMarch 20, 2034(Saros 130)150pxFebruary 16, 2045(Saros 131)150pxJanuary 16, 2056(Saros 132)150pxDecember 17, 2066(Saros 133)150pxNovember 15, 2077(Saros 134)150pxOctober 14, 2088(Saros 135)150pxSeptember 14, 2099(Saros 136)=== Metonic series ===22 eclipse events between December 13, 1898 and July 20, 1982December 13–14October 1–2July 20–21May 9February 24–25111113115117119150pxDecember 13, 1898150pxJuly 21, 1906150pxMay 9, 1910150pxFebruary 25, 1914121123125127129150pxDecember 14, 1917150pxOctober 1, 1921150pxJuly 20, 1925150pxMay 9, 1929150pxFebruary 24, 1933131133135137139150pxDecember 13, 1936150pxOctober 1, 1940150pxJuly 20, 1944150pxMay 9, 1948150pxFebruary 25, 1952141143145147149150pxDecember 14, 1955150pxOctober 2, 1959150pxJuly 20, 1963150pxMay 9, 1967150pxFebruary 25, 1971151153155150pxDecember 13, 1974150pxOctober 2, 1978150pxJuly 20, 1982
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