| Solar eclipse of August 12, 1942 | |
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Partial |
| Gamma | -1.5244 |
| Magnitude | 0.0561 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Coordinates | 70.4S 99.9E |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 2:45:12 |
| References | |
| Saros | 115 (72 of 72) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9381 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred on August 12, 1942. 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. A partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth.
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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.
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||
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| 115 | August 12, 1942 Partial |
120 | February 4, 1943 Total |
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| 125 | August 1, 1943 Annular |
130 | January 25, 1944 Total |
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| 135 | July 20, 1944 Annular |
140 | January 14, 1945 Annular |
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| 145 | July 9, 1945 Total |
150 | January 3, 1946 Partial |
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| 155 | June 29, 1946 Partial |
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