Template:Solar eclipse set 1939–1942
Appearance
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]
Solar eclipse series sets from 1939 to 1942 | ||||||
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Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Saros | Map | |||
118 | April 19, 1939 Annular |
123 | October 12, 1939 Total | |||
128 | April 7, 1940 Annular |
133 | October 1, 1940 Total | |||
138 | March 27, 1941 Annular |
143 | September 21, 1941 Total | |||
148 | March 16, 1942 Partial |
153 | September 10, 1942 Partial | |||
The partial solar eclipse on August 12, 1942 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set. |
- ^ 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.