Solar eclipse of August 10, 1934

Solar eclipse of August 10, 1934
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Annular
Gamma -0.689
Magnitude 0.9436
Maximum eclipse
Duration 393 sec (6 m 33 s)
Coordinates 24°30′S 34°36′E / 24.5°S 34.6°E
Max. width of band 280 km (170 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 8:37:48
References
Saros 144 (12 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9361

An annular solar eclipse occurred on August 10, 1934. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly 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's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide.

Related eclipses

Solar eclipses 1931-1935

Each member in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1931-1935
Descending node   Ascending node
114September 12, 1931

Partial
119March 7, 1932

Annular
124August 31, 1932

Total
129February 24, 1933

Annular
134August 21, 1933

Annular
139February 14, 1934

Total
144August 10, 1934

Annular
149February 3, 1935

Partial
154July 30, 1935

Partial

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