| Solar eclipse of December 25, 1935 | |
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Annular |
| Gamma | -0.9228 |
| Magnitude | 0.9752 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 1m 30s |
| Coordinates | 83.5S 9.4E |
| Max. width of band | 234 km |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 17:59:52 |
| References | |
| Saros | 121 (56 of 71) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9366 |
An annular solar eclipse occurred on December 25, 1935. 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.
This was the 5th solar eclipse in 1935, the maximum possible. The next time this will occur is 2206.
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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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| 111 | January 5, 1935 Partial |
116 | June 30, 1935 Partial |
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| 121 | December 25, 1935 Annular |
126 | June 19, 1936 Total |
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| 131 | December 13, 1936 Annular |
136 | June 8, 1937 Total |
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| 141 | December 2, 1937 Annular |
146 | May 29, 1938 Total |
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| 151 | November 21, 1938 Partial |
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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).
This series has 21 eclipse events between July 1, 2000 and July 1, 2076.
| July 31-Aug 1 | May 19-20 | March 7 | December 24-25 | October 12 |
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| 115 | 117 | 119 | 121 | 123 |
July 31, 1924 |
May 19, 1928 |
March 7, 1932 |
December 25, 1935 |
October 12, 1939 |
| 125 | 127 | 129 | 131 | 133 |
August 1, 1943 |
May 20, 1947 |
March 7, 1951 |
December 25, 1954 |
October 12, 1958 |
| 135 | 137 | 139 | 141 | 143 |
July 31, 1962 |
May 20, 1966 |
March 7, 1970 |
December 24, 1973 |
October 12, 1977 |
| 145 | 147 | 149 | 151 | 153 |
July 31, 1981 |
May 19, 1985 |
March 7, 1989 |
December 24, 1992 |
October 12, 1996 |
| 155 | ||||
July 31, 2000 |
