Solar eclipse of September 12, 1931
A partial solar eclipse occurred on September 12, 1931. 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.
Solar eclipse of September 12, 1931 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Partial |
Gamma | 1.506 |
Magnitude | 0.0471 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Coordinates | 61.2°N 152.8°W |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 4:41:25 |
References | |
Saros | 114 (72 of 72) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9355 |
This was the 72nd and final event from Solar Saros 114. It started in 651 AD and ended in 1931.
Related eclipses
Solar eclipses 1931–1935
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]
Solar eclipse series sets from 1931–1935 | |||||
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Descending node | Ascending node | ||||
114 | September 12, 1931![]() Partial |
119 | March 7, 1932![]() Annular | ||
124 | August 31, 1932![]() Total |
129 | February 24, 1933![]() Annular | ||
134 | August 21, 1933![]() Annular |
139 | February 14, 1934![]() Total | ||
144 | August 10, 1934![]() Annular |
149 | February 3, 1935![]() Partial | ||
154 | July 30, 1935![]() Partial |
Metonic series
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 descending node.
22 eclipse events between September 12, 1931 and July 1, 2011. | ||||
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September 11-12 | June 30-July 1 | April 17-19 | February 4-5 | November 22-23 |
114 | 116 | 118 | 120 | 122 |
![]() September 12, 1931 |
![]() June 30, 1935 |
![]() April 19, 1939 |
![]() February 4, 1943 |
![]() November 23, 1946 |
124 | 126 | 128 | 130 | 132 |
![]() September 12, 1950 |
![]() June 30, 1954 |
![]() April 19, 1958 |
![]() February 5, 1962 |
![]() November 23, 1965 |
134 | 136 | 138 | 140 | 142 |
![]() September 11, 1969 |
![]() June 30, 1973 |
![]() April 18, 1977 |
![]() February 4, 1981 |
![]() November 22, 1984 |
144 | 146 | 148 | 150 | 152 |
![]() September 11, 1988 |
![]() June 30, 1992 |
![]() April 17, 1996 |
![]() February 5, 2000 |
![]() November 23, 2003 |
154 | 156 | 158 | 160 | 162 |
![]() September 11, 2007 |
![]() July 1, 2011 |
April 18, 2015 | February 4, 2019 | November 23, 2022 |
References
- 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.
External links
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC