Solar eclipse of September 21, 1922

Solar eclipse of September 21, 1922
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Total
Gamma -0.213
Magnitude 1.0678
Maximum eclipse
Duration 359 sec (5 m 59 s)
Coordinates 10°42′S 104°30′E / 10.7°S 104.5°E / -10.7; 104.5
Max. width of band 226 km (140 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 4:40:31
References
Saros 133 (40 of 72)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9333

A total solar eclipse occurred on September 21, 1922. 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 total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide.

This eclipse started in Africa and covered the whole Indian Ocean and Australia. Two large scientific expeditions investigated Einstein's theory of relativity.[1]

Related eclipses

Solar eclipses 1921-1924

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 1921-1924
Ascending node   Descending node
118April 8, 1921

Annular
123October 1, 1921

Total
128March 28, 1922

Annular
133September 21, 1922

Total
138March 17, 1923

Annular
143September 10, 1923

Total
148March 5, 1924

Partial
153August 30, 1924

Partial

Saros 133

Solar Saros 133, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, contains 72 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on July 13, 1219. It contains annular eclipses from November 20, 1435, through January 13, 1526, with a hybrid eclipse on January 24, 1544. It has total eclipses from February 3, 1562, through June 21, 2373. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on September 5, 2499. The longest duration of totality was 6 minutes, 50 seconds on August 7, 1850.[2] The total eclipses of this saros series are getting shorter and farther south with each iteration.

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