Solar eclipse of January 24, 1925
Solar eclipse of January 24, 1925 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Total |
Gamma | 0.8661 |
Magnitude | 1.0304 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 152 s (2 min 32 s) |
Coordinates | 40°30′N 49°36′W / 40.5°N 49.6°W |
Max. width of band | 206 km (128 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 14:54:03 |
References | |
Saros | 120 (56 of 71) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9339 |
A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Saturday, January 24, 1925, with a magnitude of 1.0304. 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 southwestern and southeastern Quebec in Canada, and the United States, including Toronto, Niagara Falls and the northern part of New York City.
Observations[edit]
It was seen in New York City. It was reported that those north of 96th Street in Manhattan saw a total solar eclipse while those south of 96th Street saw a partial eclipse.[1]
Visual and radio observations were conducted by researchers working with Scientific American.[2]
Related eclipses[edit]
Eclipses in 1925[edit]
- A total solar eclipse on January 24, 1925.
- A partial lunar eclipse on February 8, 1925.
- An annular solar eclipse on July 20, 1925.
- A partial lunar eclipse on August 4, 1925.
Metonic[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 8, 1921
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 12, 1928
Tzolkinex[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 14, 1917
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 7, 1932
Half-Saros[edit]
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of January 20, 1916
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of January 30, 1934
Tritos[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 25, 1914
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 25, 1935
Solar Saros 120[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 14, 1907
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 4, 1943
Inex[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 13, 1896
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 4, 1954
Triad[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 25, 1838
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 25, 2011
Solar eclipses of 1924–1928[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.[3]
The partial solar eclipses on March 5, 1924 and August 30, 1924 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set, and the solar eclipses on May 19, 1928 and November 12, 1928 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.
Solar eclipse series sets from 1924 to 1928 | ||||||
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Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
115 | July 31, 1924 Partial |
−1.4459 | 120 | January 24, 1925 Total |
0.8661 | |
125 | July 20, 1925 Annular |
−0.7193 | 130 Totality in Sumatra, Indonesia |
January 14, 1926 Total |
0.1973 | |
135 | July 9, 1926 Annular |
0.0538 | 140 | January 3, 1927 Annular |
−0.4956 | |
145 | June 29, 1927 Total |
0.8163 | 150 | December 24, 1927 Partial |
−1.2416 | |
155 | June 17, 1928 Partial |
1.5107 |
Saros 120[edit]
This eclipse is a part of Saros series 120, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on May 27, 933 AD. It contains annular eclipses from August 11, 1059 through April 26, 1492; hybrid eclipses from May 8, 1510 through June 8, 1564; and total eclipses from June 20, 1582 through March 30, 2033. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on July 7, 2195. 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 annularity was produced by member 11 at 6 minutes, 24 seconds on September 11, 1113, and the longest duration of totality was produced by member 60 at 2 minutes, 50 seconds on March 9, 1997. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.[4]
Series members 50–71 occur between 1801 and 2195: | ||
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50 | 51 | 52 |
November 19, 1816 |
November 30, 1834 |
December 11, 1852 |
53 | 54 | 55 |
December 22, 1870 |
January 1, 1889 |
January 14, 1907 |
56 | 57 | 58 |
January 24, 1925 |
February 4, 1943 |
February 15, 1961 |
59 | 60 | 61 |
February 26, 1979 |
March 9, 1997 |
March 20, 2015 |
62 | 63 | 64 |
March 30, 2033 |
April 11, 2051 |
April 21, 2069 |
65 | 66 | 67 |
May 2, 2087 |
May 14, 2105 |
May 25, 2123 |
68 | 69 | 70 |
June 4, 2141 |
June 16, 2159 |
June 26, 2177 |
71 | ||
July 7, 2195 |
Tritos series[edit]
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 1901 and 2100 | |||
---|---|---|---|
March 29, 1903 (Saros 118) |
February 25, 1914 (Saros 119) |
January 24, 1925 (Saros 120) | |
December 25, 1935 (Saros 121) |
November 23, 1946 (Saros 122) |
October 23, 1957 (Saros 123) | |
September 22, 1968 (Saros 124) |
August 22, 1979 (Saros 125) |
July 22, 1990 (Saros 126) | |
June 21, 2001 (Saros 127) |
May 20, 2012 (Saros 128) |
April 20, 2023 (Saros 129) | |
March 20, 2034 (Saros 130) |
February 16, 2045 (Saros 131) |
January 16, 2056 (Saros 132) | |
December 17, 2066 (Saros 133) |
November 15, 2077 (Saros 134) |
October 14, 2088 (Saros 135) | |
September 14, 2099 (Saros 136) |
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).
22 eclipse events, progressing from north to south between April 8, 1902, and August 31, 1989: | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
April 7–8 | January 24–25 | November 12 | August 31-September 1 | June 19–20 |
108 | 114 | 116 | ||
April 8, 1902 |
August 31, 1913 |
June 19, 1917 | ||
118 | 120 | 122 | 124 | 126 |
April 8, 1921 |
January 24, 1925 |
November 12, 1928 |
August 31, 1932 |
June 19, 1936 |
128 | 130 | 132 | 134 | 136 |
April 7, 1940 |
January 25, 1944 |
November 12, 1947 |
September 1, 1951 |
June 20, 1955 |
138 | 140 | 142 | 144 | 146 |
April 8, 1959 |
January 25, 1963 |
November 12, 1966 |
August 31, 1970 |
June 20, 1974 |
148 | 150 | 152 | 154 | |
April 7, 1978 |
January 25, 1982 |
November 12, 1985 |
August 31, 1989 |
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Solar Eclipses in History by Ken Poshedly
- ^ "The Best Observed Eclipse in History". Scientific American. 132 (3): 155. 1925. Bibcode:1925SciAm.132..155.. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0325-155. JSTOR 24978840.
- ^ 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 120". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
References[edit]
- NASA gif of plot of solar eclipse
- Foto and sketchs of Solar Corona January 24, 1925
- Total Solar Eclipse of January 24, 1925 in New York
Further reading[edit]
- Sisson, Patrick (August 14, 2017). "That diamond ring in the sun: The 1925 eclipse in New York City". Curbed NY. Retrieved August 21, 2017.