Solar eclipse of February 14, 1934
Solar eclipse of February 14, 1934 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Total |
Gamma | 0.4868 |
Magnitude | 1.0321 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 173 s (2 min 53 s) |
Coordinates | 13°12′N 161°42′E / 13.2°N 161.7°E |
Max. width of band | 123 km (76 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 0:38:41 |
References | |
Saros | 139 (25 of 71) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9360 |
A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Wednesday, February 14, 1934, with a magnitude of 1.0321. 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. Totality was visible from the Dutch East Indies (today's Indonesia), North Borneo (now belonging to Malaysia), and the South Seas Mandate of Japan (the part now belonging to FS Micronesia).
Related eclipses[edit]
Eclipses in 1934[edit]
- A partial lunar eclipse on January 30, 1934.
- A total solar eclipse on February 14, 1934.
- A partial lunar eclipse on July 26, 1934.
- An annular solar eclipse on August 10, 1934.
Metonic[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 28, 1930
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 2, 1937
Tzolkinex[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 3, 1927
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 27, 1941
Half-Saros[edit]
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of February 8, 1925
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of February 20, 1943
Tritos[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 17, 1923
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 14, 1945
Solar Saros 139[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 3, 1916
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 25, 1952
Inex[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 6, 1905
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 25, 1963
Triad[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 15, 1847
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 14, 2020
Solar eclipses of 1931–1935[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 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 | ||||||
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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 139[edit]
This eclipse is a part of Saros series 139, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on May 17, 1501. It contains hybrid eclipses from August 11, 1627 through December 9, 1825 and total eclipses from December 21, 1843 through March 26, 2601. There are no annular eclipses in this set. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on July 3, 2763. 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 will be produced by member 61 at 7 minutes, 29.22 seconds on July 16, 2186. This date is the longest solar eclipse computed between 4000 BC and AD 6000.[2] All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.[3]
Series members 18–39 occur between 1801 and 2200: | ||
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18 | 19 | 20 |
November 29, 1807 |
December 9, 1825 |
December 21, 1843 |
21 | 22 | 23 |
December 31, 1861 |
January 11, 1880 |
January 22, 1898 |
24 | 25 | 26 |
February 3, 1916 |
February 14, 1934 |
February 25, 1952 |
27 | 28 | 29 |
March 7, 1970 |
March 18, 1988 |
March 29, 2006 |
30 | 31 | 32 |
April 8, 2024 |
April 20, 2042 |
April 30, 2060 |
33 | 34 | 35 |
May 11, 2078 |
May 22, 2096 |
June 3, 2114 |
36 | 37 | 38 |
June 13, 2132 |
June 25, 2150 |
July 5, 2168 |
39 | ||
July 16, 2186 |
Notes[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.
- ^ Ten Millennium Catalog of Long Solar Eclipses, −3999 to +6000 (4000 BCE to 6000 CE) Fred Espenak.
- ^ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 139". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
References[edit]
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC