Solar eclipse of April 19, 1939

Solar eclipse of April 19, 1939
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Annular
Gamma 0.9388
Magnitude 0.9731
Maximum eclipse
Duration 109 sec (1 m 49 s)
Coordinates 73°06′N 129°06′W / 73.1°N 129.1°W / 73.1; -129.1
Max. width of band 285 km (177 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 16:45:53
References
Saros 118 (64 of 72)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9373

An annular solar eclipse occurred on April 19, 1939. 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.

This annular eclipse is notable in that the path of annularity passed over the North Pole.

Solar eclipses 1939-1942

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 1939-1942
Descending node   Ascending node
SarosMap SarosMap
118April 19, 1939

Annular
123October 12, 1939

Total
128April 7, 1940

Annular
133October 1, 1940

Total
138March 27, 1941

Annular
143September 21, 1941

Total
148March 16, 1942

Partial
153September 10, 1942

Partial
The partial solar eclipse on August 12, 1942 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set.

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