| Solar eclipse of September 10, 1942 | |
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Partial |
| Gamma | 1.2571 |
| Magnitude | 0.523 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Coordinates | 71.9N 50E |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 15:39:32 |
| References | |
| Saros | 153 (5 of 70) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9380 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred on September 10, 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.
| 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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