Solar eclipse of April 18, 1931 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Partial |
Gamma | 1.2643 |
Magnitude | 0.5107 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Coordinates | 61°30′N 58°54′E / 61.5°N 58.9°E |
Times ( UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 0:45:35 |
References | |
Saros | 147 (18 of 80) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9353 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred on April 18, 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.
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 1928 to 1931 | ||||
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Ascending node | Descending node | |||
117 |
May 19, 1928 Total (non-central) |
122 |
November 12, 1928 Partial | |
127 |
May 9, 1929 Total |
132 |
November 1, 1929 Annular | |
137 |
April 28, 1930 Hybrid |
142 |
October 21, 1930 Total | |
147 |
April 18, 1931 Partial |
152 |
October 11, 1931 Partial |