Solar eclipse of October 1, 1921
Solar eclipse of October 1, 1921 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Total |
Gamma | −0.9383 |
Magnitude | 1.0293 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 112 s (1 min 52 s) |
Coordinates | 66°06′S 56°06′W / 66.1°S 56.1°W |
Max. width of band | 291 km (181 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 12:35:58 |
References | |
Saros | 123 (48 of 70) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9331 |
A total solar eclipse occurred on October 1, 1921. 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 1921-1924
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 July 31, 1924 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set.
Solar eclipse series sets from 1921 to 1924 | ||||||
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Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
118 | April 8, 1921![]() Annular |
0.8869 | 123 | October 1, 1921![]() Total |
−0.9383 | |
128 | March 28, 1922![]() Annular |
0.1711 | 133 | September 21, 1922![]() Total |
−0.213 | |
138 | March 17, 1923![]() Annular |
−0.5438 | 143 | September 10, 1923![]() Total |
0.5149 | |
148 | March 5, 1924![]() Partial |
−1.2232 | 153 | August 30, 1924![]() Partial |
1.3123 |
Notes
- ^ 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.
References
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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