Solar eclipse of July 31, 1924
| Solar eclipse of July 31, 1924 | |
|---|---|
 Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Partial |
| Gamma | -1.4459 |
| Magnitude | 0.192 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Coordinates | 69°36′S 146°00′W / 69.6°S 146°W |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 19:58:20 |
| References | |
| Saros | 115 (71 of 72) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9338 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred on July 31, 1924. 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. A partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth.
Related eclipses
Solar eclipses 1924-1928
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.
| 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 | |||
Metonic series
The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days).
21 eclipse events between July 31, 1924 and July 31, 2000
| July 31-Aug 1 | May 19-20 | March 7 | December 24-25 | October 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 115 | 117 | 119 | 121 | 123 |
July 31, 1924 |
 May 19, 1928 |
 March 7, 1932 |
 December 25, 1935 |
 October 12, 1939 |
| 125 | 127 | 129 | 131 | 133 |
 August 1, 1943 |
 May 20, 1947 |
 March 7, 1951 |
 December 25, 1954 |
 October 12, 1958 |
| 135 | 137 | 139 | 141 | 143 |
 July 31, 1962 |
 May 20, 1966 |
 March 7, 1970 |
 December 24, 1973 |
 October 12, 1977 |
| 145 | 147 | 149 | 151 | 153 |
 July 31, 1981 |
 May 19, 1985 |
 March 7, 1989 |
 December 24, 1992 |
 October 12, 1996 |
| 155 | ||||
 July 31, 2000 |
References
External links
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Solar eclipse of 1924 July 31. |
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, January 15, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.