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
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma1.506
Magnitude0.0471
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates61.2°N 152.8°W / 61.2; -152.8
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse4:41:25
References
Saros114 (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.

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]

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.

References

  1. 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.
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