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Solar eclipse of November 12, 1928

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Solar eclipse of November 12, 1928
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma1.0861
Magnitude0.8078
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates62°36′N 81°06′E / 62.6°N 81.1°E / 62.6; 81.1
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse9:48:24
References
Saros122 (53 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000)9348

A partial solar eclipse occurred on November 12, 1928. 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.

Solar eclipses 1928–1931

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]

The partial solar eclipse on June 17, 1928 occurs in the previous lunar year eclipse set, and the partial solar eclipse on September 12, 1931 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1928 to 1931
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
117 May 19, 1928

Total (non-central)
1.0048 122 November 12, 1928

Partial
1.0861
127 May 9, 1929

Total
−0.2887 132 November 1, 1929

Annular
0.3514
137 April 28, 1930

Hybrid
0.473 142 October 21, 1930

Total
−0.3804
147 April 18, 1931

Partial
1.2643 152 October 11, 1931

Partial
−1.0607

Metonic series

The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days).

References

  1. ^ 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.