Solar eclipse of November 21, 1938
Solar eclipse of November 21, 1938 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Partial |
Gamma | 1.1077 |
Magnitude | 0.7781 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Coordinates | 68°54′N 162°00′W / 68.9°N 162°W |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 23:52:25 |
References | |
Saros | 151 (10 of 72) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9372 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Monday, November 21, 1938, with a magnitude of 0.7781. 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.
Related eclipses[edit]
Eclipses in 1938[edit]
- A total lunar eclipse on May 14, 1938.
- A total solar eclipse on May 29, 1938.
- A total lunar eclipse on November 7, 1938.
- A partial solar eclipse on November 21, 1938.
Metonic[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 3, 1935
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 10, 1942
Tzolkinex[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 11, 1931
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 3, 1946
Half-Saros[edit]
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of November 17, 1929
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of November 28, 1947
Tritos[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 24, 1927
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 21, 1949
Solar Saros 151[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 10, 1920
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 2, 1956
Inex[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 12, 1909
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 2, 1967
Triad[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 21, 1852
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 21, 2025
Solar eclipses of 1935–1938[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 February 3, 1935 and July 30, 1935 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.
Solar eclipse series sets from 1935 to 1938 | ||||||
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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 |
Saros 151[edit]
This eclipse is a part of Saros series 151, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 72 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on August 14, 1776. It contains annular eclipses from February 28, 2101 through April 23, 2191; a hybrid eclipse on May 5, 2209; and total eclipses from May 16, 2227 through July 6, 2912. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on October 1, 3056. 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 will be produced by member 19 at 2 minutes, 44 seconds on February 28, 2101, and the longest duration of totality will be produced by member 60 at 5 minutes, 41 seconds on May 22, 2840. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.[2]
Series members 3–24 occur between 1801 and 2200: | ||
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3 | 4 | 5 |
September 5, 1812 |
September 17, 1830 |
September 27, 1848 |
6 | 7 | 8 |
October 8, 1866 |
October 19, 1884 |
October 31, 1902 |
9 | 10 | 11 |
November 10, 1920 |
November 21, 1938 |
December 2, 1956 |
12 | 13 | 14 |
December 13, 1974 |
December 24, 1992 |
January 4, 2011 |
15 | 16 | 17 |
January 14, 2029 |
January 26, 2047 |
February 5, 2065 |
18 | 19 | 20 |
February 16, 2083 |
February 28, 2101 |
March 11, 2119 |
21 | 22 | 23 |
March 21, 2137 |
April 2, 2155 |
April 12, 2173 |
24 | ||
April 23, 2191 |
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.
- ^ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 151". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
References[edit]
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC