Solar eclipse of December 2, 1937

Solar eclipse of December 2, 1937
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Annular
Gamma 0.4389
Magnitude 0.9184
Maximum eclipse
Duration 720 sec (12 m 0 s)
Coordinates 4°00′N 167°48′W / 4°N 167.8°W
Max. width of band 344 km (214 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 23:05:45
References
Saros 141 (19 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9370

An annular solar eclipse occurred on December 2, 1937. 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 1935-1938

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 1935-1938
Ascending node   Descending node
111January 5, 1935

Partial
116June 30, 1935

Partial
121December 25, 1935

Annular
126June 19, 1936

Total
131December 13, 1936

Annular
136June 8, 1937

Total
141December 2, 1937

Annular
146May 29, 1938

Total
151November 21, 1938

Partial

Saros 141

Solar Saros 141 repeats every 18 years, 11 days and contains 70 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on May 19, 1613. It contains annular eclipses from August 4, 1739 through October 14, 2460. There are no total eclipses in this series. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on June 13, 2857. [1]

Series members 17-28 occur between 1901 and 2100:

17 18 19

November 11, 1901

November 22, 1919

December 2, 1937
20 21 22

December 14, 1955

December 24, 1973

January 4, 1992
23 24 25

January 15, 2010

January 26, 2028

February 5, 2046
26 27 28

February 17, 2064

February 27, 2082

March 10, 2100

Notes

  1. "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 141". Eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2012-03-15.

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