Solar eclipse of January 3, 1927

Solar eclipse of January 3, 1927
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Type of eclipse
Nature Annular
Gamma -0.4956
Magnitude 0.9995
Maximum eclipse
Duration 0m 3s
Coordinates 52.8S 124.8W
Max. width of band 2 km
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 20:22:53
References
Saros 140 (24 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9343

An annular solar eclipse occurred on January 3, 1927. 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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Related eclipses

Solar eclipses 1924-1928

This set of solar eclipses repeat approximately every 177 days and 4 hours at alternating nodes of the moon's orbit.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1924-1928
Ascending node   Descending node
115 July 31, 1924

Partial
120 January 24, 1925

Total
125 July 20, 1925

Annular
130 January 14, 1926

Total
135 July 9, 1926

Annular
140 January 3, 1927

Annular
145 June 29, 1927

Total
150 December 24, 1927

Partial
155 June 17, 1928

Partial

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