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Solar eclipse of March 7, 1932

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Solar eclipse of March 7, 1932
Map
Type of eclipse
NatureAnnular
Gamma−0.9673
Magnitude0.9277
Maximum eclipse
Duration319 s (5 min 19 s)
Coordinates60°42′S 134°24′E / 60.7°S 134.4°E / -60.7; 134.4
Max. width of band1,083 km (673 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse7:55:50
References
Saros119 (61 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)9356

An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Monday, March 7, 1932,[1] with a magnitude of 0.9277. 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. Occurring about 3.6 days before apogee (on March 10, 1932, at 22:00 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.[2]

Annularity was visible from parts of Antarctica and southern Tasmania. A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Antarctica, Australia, and Southeast Asia.

Eclipse details

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Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.[3]

March 7, 1932 Solar Eclipse Times
Event Time (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact 1932 March 07 at 05:31:28.9 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction 1932 March 07 at 06:54:13.1 UTC
First Umbral External Contact 1932 March 07 at 07:18:12.4 UTC
First Central Line 1932 March 07 at 07:27:34.8 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact 1932 March 07 at 07:41:47.8 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction 1932 March 07 at 07:44:37.0 UTC
Greatest Eclipse 1932 March 07 at 07:55:50.3 UTC
Greatest Duration 1932 March 07 at 07:56:35.0 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact 1932 March 07 at 08:10:29.9 UTC
Last Central Line 1932 March 07 at 08:24:44.0 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact 1932 March 07 at 08:34:07.6 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact 1932 March 07 at 10:20:39.8 UTC
March 7, 1932 Solar Eclipse Parameters
Parameter Value
Eclipse Magnitude 0.92767
Eclipse Obscuration 0.86057
Gamma −0.96731
Sun Right Ascension 23h10m29.5s
Sun Declination -05°18'43.8"
Sun Semi-Diameter 16'06.7"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9"
Moon Right Ascension 23h12m10.8s
Moon Declination -06°05'03.9"
Moon Semi-Diameter 14'53.9"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°54'40.6"
ΔT 23.9 s

Eclipse season

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This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.

Eclipse season of March 1932
March 7
Ascending node (new moon)
March 22
Descending node (full moon)
Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 119
Partial lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 131
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Eclipses in 1932

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Metonic

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Tzolkinex

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Half-Saros

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Tritos

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Solar Saros 119

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Inex

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Triad

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Solar eclipses of 1931–1935

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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.[4]

The partial solar eclipses on April 18, 1931 and October 11, 1931 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set, and the solar eclipses on January 5, 1935 (partial), June 30, 1935 (partial), and December 25, 1935 (annular) occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1931 to 1935
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
114 September 12, 1931

Partial
1.506 119 March 7, 1932

Annular
−0.9673
124 August 31, 1932

Total
0.8307 129 February 24, 1933

Annular
−0.2191
134 August 21, 1933

Annular
0.0869 139 February 14, 1934

Total
0.4868
144 August 10, 1934

Annular
−0.689 149 February 3, 1935

Partial
1.1438
154 July 30, 1935

Partial
−1.4259

Saros 119

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This eclipse is a part of Saros series 119, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on May 15, 850 AD. It contains total eclipses on August 9, 994 AD and August 20, 1012; a hybrid eclipse on August 31, 1030; and annular eclipses from September 10, 1048 through March 18, 1950. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on June 24, 2112. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.

The longest duration of totality was produced by member 10 at 32 seconds on August 20, 1012, and the longest duration of annularity was produced by member 44 at 7 minutes, 37 seconds on September 1, 1625. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.[5]

Metonic series

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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). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's ascending node.

22 eclipse events between December 24, 1916 and July 31, 2000
December 24–25 October 12 July 31–August 1 May 19–20 March 7
111 113 115 117 119

December 24, 1916

July 31, 1924

May 19, 1928

March 7, 1932
121 123 125 127 129

December 25, 1935

October 12, 1939

August 1, 1943

May 20, 1947

March 7, 1951
131 133 135 137 139

December 25, 1954

October 12, 1958

July 31, 1962

May 20, 1966

March 7, 1970
141 143 145 147 149

December 24, 1973

October 12, 1977

July 31, 1981

May 19, 1985

March 7, 1989
151 153 155

December 24, 1992

October 12, 1996

July 31, 2000

Tritos series

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This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Series members between 1801 and 2200

March 14, 1801
(Saros 107)

February 12, 1812
(Saros 108)

January 12, 1823
(Saros 109)

November 10, 1844
(Saros 111)

August 9, 1877
(Saros 114)

July 9, 1888
(Saros 115)

June 8, 1899
(Saros 116)

May 9, 1910
(Saros 117)

April 8, 1921
(Saros 118)

March 7, 1932
(Saros 119)

February 4, 1943
(Saros 120)

January 5, 1954
(Saros 121)

December 4, 1964
(Saros 122)

November 3, 1975
(Saros 123)

October 3, 1986
(Saros 124)

September 2, 1997
(Saros 125)

August 1, 2008
(Saros 126)

July 2, 2019
(Saros 127)

June 1, 2030
(Saros 128)

April 30, 2041
(Saros 129)

March 30, 2052
(Saros 130)

February 28, 2063
(Saros 131)

January 27, 2074
(Saros 132)

December 27, 2084
(Saros 133)

November 27, 2095
(Saros 134)

October 26, 2106
(Saros 135)

September 26, 2117
(Saros 136)

August 25, 2128
(Saros 137)

July 25, 2139
(Saros 138)

June 25, 2150
(Saros 139)

May 25, 2161
(Saros 140)

April 23, 2172
(Saros 141)

March 23, 2183
(Saros 142)

February 21, 2194
(Saros 143)

Inex series

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This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Series members between 1801 and 2200

May 27, 1816
(Saros 115)

May 6, 1845
(Saros 116)

April 16, 1874
(Saros 117)

March 29, 1903
(Saros 118)

March 7, 1932
(Saros 119)

February 15, 1961
(Saros 120)

January 26, 1990
(Saros 121)

January 6, 2019
(Saros 122)

December 16, 2047
(Saros 123)

November 26, 2076
(Saros 124)

November 6, 2105
(Saros 125)

October 17, 2134
(Saros 126)

September 28, 2163
(Saros 127)

September 6, 2192
(Saros 128)

Notes

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  1. ^ "March 7, 1932 Annular Solar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England". timeanddate. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Annular Solar Eclipse of 1932 Mar 07". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 119". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.

References

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