| Solar eclipse of November 21, 1938 | |
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Partial |
| Gamma | 1.1077 |
| Magnitude | 0.7781 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Coordinates | 68.9N 162W |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 23:52:25 |
| References | |
| Saros | 151 (10 of 72) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9372 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred on November 21, 1938. 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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| 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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