| Solar eclipse of April 7, 1940 | |
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Annular |
| Gamma | 0.219 |
| Magnitude | 0.9394 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 7m 30s |
| Coordinates | 19.2N 128.5W |
| Max. width of band | 230 km |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 20:21:21 |
| References | |
| Saros | 128 (54 of 73) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9375 |
An annular solar eclipse occurred on April 7, 1940. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partially obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun, causing the sun to look like an annulus (ring), blocking most of the Sun's light. An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region thousands of kilometres wide.
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This set of solar eclipses repeat approximately every 177 days and 4 hours at alternating nodes of the moon's orbit.
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||
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| 118 | April 19, 1939 Annular |
123 | October 12, 1939 Total |
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| 128 | April 7, 1940 Annular |
133 | October 1, 1940 Total |
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| 138 | March 27, 1941 Annular |
143 | September 21, 1941 Total |
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| 148 | March 16, 1942 Partial |
153 | September 10, 1942 Partial |
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