Solar eclipse of August 12, 1942
Solar eclipse of August 12, 1942 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Partial |
Gamma | −1.5244 |
Magnitude | 0.0561 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Coordinates | 70°24′S 99°54′E / 70.4°S 99.9°E |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 2:45:12 |
References | |
Saros | 115 (72 of 72) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9381 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Wednesday, August 12, 1942, with a magnitude of 0.0561. 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. This was the 72nd of 72 solar eclipses in Saros 115 and the final eclipse.
Related eclipses[edit]
Eclipses in 1942[edit]
- A total lunar eclipse on March 3, 1942.
- A partial solar eclipse on March 16, 1942.
- A partial solar eclipse on August 12, 1942.
- A total lunar eclipse on August 26, 1942.
- A partial solar eclipse on September 10, 1942.
Metonic[edit]
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 30, 1946
Tzolkinex[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 30, 1935
Half-Saros[edit]
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 5, 1933
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of August 17, 1951
Tritos[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 12, 1931
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 11, 1953
Solar Saros 115[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 31, 1924
Inex[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 31, 1913
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971
Triad[edit]
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 12, 2029
Solar eclipses of 1942–1946[edit]
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 eclipses on March 16, 1942 and September 10, 1942 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set, and the partial solar eclipses on May 30, 1946 and November 23, 1946 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.
Solar eclipse series sets from 1942 to 1946 | ||||||
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Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
115 | August 12, 1942![]() Partial |
−1.5244 | 120 | February 4, 1943![]() Total |
0.8734 | |
125 | August 1, 1943![]() Annular |
−0.8041 | 130 | January 25, 1944![]() Total |
0.2025 | |
135 | July 20, 1944![]() Annular |
−0.0314 | 140 | January 14, 1945![]() Annular |
−0.4937 | |
145 | July 9, 1945![]() Total |
0.7356 | 150 | January 3, 1946![]() Partial |
−1.2392 | |
155 | June 29, 1946![]() Partial |
1.4361 |
Saros 115[edit]
This eclipse is a part of Saros series 115, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 72 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on June 21, 662 AD. It contains total eclipses from October 7, 842 AD through November 2, 1491; hybrid eclipses from November 12, 1509 through December 15, 1563; and annular eclipses from December 25, 1581 through May 27, 1816. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on August 12, 1942. 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 36 at 6 minutes, 24 seconds on July 5, 1293, and the longest duration of annularity was produced by member 65 at 1 minutes, 54 seconds on May 27, 1816. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.[2]
Series members 65–72 occur between 1801 and 1942: | ||
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65 | 66 | 67 |
![]() May 27, 1816 |
![]() June 7, 1834 |
![]() June 17, 1852 |
68 | 69 | 70 |
![]() June 28, 1870 |
![]() July 9, 1888 |
![]() July 21, 1906 |
71 | 72 | |
![]() July 31, 1924 |
![]() August 12, 1942 |
Metonic series[edit]
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 January 5, 1935 and August 11, 2018 | ||||
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January 4-5 | October 23-24 | August 10-12 | May 30-31 | March 18-19 |
111 | 113 | 115 | 117 | 119 |
![]() January 5, 1935 |
![]() August 12, 1942 |
![]() May 30, 1946 |
![]() March 18, 1950 | |
121 | 123 | 125 | 127 | 129 |
![]() January 5, 1954 |
![]() October 23, 1957 |
![]() August 11, 1961 |
![]() May 30, 1965 |
![]() March 18, 1969 |
131 | 133 | 135 | 137 | 139 |
![]() January 4, 1973 |
![]() October 23, 1976 |
![]() August 10, 1980 |
![]() May 30, 1984 |
![]() March 18, 1988 |
141 | 143 | 145 | 147 | 149 |
![]() January 4, 1992 |
![]() October 24, 1995 |
![]() August 11, 1999 |
![]() May 31, 2003 |
![]() March 19, 2007 |
151 | 153 | 155 | ||
![]() January 4, 2011 |
![]() October 23, 2014 |
![]() August 11, 2018 |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 115". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
External links[edit]
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC