Solar eclipse of September 21, 1941

Solar eclipse of September 21, 1941
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Total
Gamma 0.4649
Magnitude 1.0379
Maximum eclipse
Duration 202 sec (3 m 22 s)
Coordinates 27°18′N 119°06′E / 27.3°N 119.1°E / 27.3; 119.1
Max. width of band 143 km (89 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 4:34:03
References
Saros 143 (19 of 72)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9378

A total solar eclipse occurred on September 21, 1941. 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 southern Asia, and ended in the Pacific ocean.

Solar eclipses of 1939-1942

Each member 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.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1939-1942
Descending node   Ascending node
SarosMap SarosMap
118April 19, 1939

Annular		 123October 12, 1939

Total
128April 7, 1940

Annular		 133October 1, 1940

Total
138March 27, 1941

Annular		 143September 21, 1941

Total
148March 16, 1942

Partial		 153September 10, 1942

Partial
The partial solar eclipse on August 12, 1942 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Saros 143

It is a part of Saros cycle 143, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 72 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on March 7, 1617 and total event from June 24, 1797 through October 24, 1995. It has hybrid eclipses from November 3, 2013 through December 6, 2067, and annular eclipses from December 16, 2085 through September 16, 2536. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on April 23, 2873. The longest duration of totality was 3 minutes, 50 seconds on August 19, 1887.[1]

References

  1. ↑ http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEsaros/SEsaros143.html
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