Solar eclipse of May 29, 1938

Solar eclipse of May 29, 1938
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Total
Gamma	−0.9607
Magnitude	1.0552
Maximum eclipse
Duration	245 s (4 min 5 s)
Coordinates	52.7°S 22°W / -52.7; -22
Max. width of band	675 km (419 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	13:50:19
References
Saros	146 (23 of 76)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9371

A total solar eclipse occurred on May 29, 1938. 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.

Related eclipses

Solar eclipses 1935-1938

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.

The partial solar eclipses on February 3, 1935 and July 30, 1935 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1935 to 1938
Ascending node				Descending node
Saros	Map	Gamma		Saros	Map	Gamma
111	January 5, 1935 Partial	−1.5381		116	June 30, 1935 Partial	1.3623
121	December 25, 1935 Annular	−0.9228		126	June 19, 1936 Total	0.5389
131	December 13, 1936 Annular	−0.2493		136 Totality in Kanton Island, Kiribati	June 8, 1937 Total	−0.2253
141	December 2, 1937 Annular	0.4389		146	May 29, 1938 Total	−0.9607
151	November 21, 1938 Partial	1.1077

References

• Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
  • Google interactive map
  • Besselian elements