Solar eclipse of March 7, 1932
Solar eclipse of March 7, 1932 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Annular |
Gamma | -0.9673 |
Magnitude | 0.9277 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 319 sec (5 m 19 s) |
Coordinates | 60°42′S 134°24′E / 60.7°S 134.4°E |
Max. width of band | 1,083 km (673 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 7:55:50 |
References | |
Saros | 119 (61 of 71) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9356 |
An annular solar eclipse occurred on March 7, 1932. 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 | |||||
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Descending node | Ascending node | ||||
114 | September 12, 1931![]() Partial |
119 | March 7, 1932![]() Annular | ||
124 | August 31, 1932![]() Total |
129 | February 24, 1933![]() Annular | ||
134 | August 21, 1933![]() Annular |
139 | February 14, 1934![]() Total | ||
144 | August 10, 1934![]() Annular |
149 | February 3, 1935![]() Partial | ||
154 | July 30, 1935![]() 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 | ||||
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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 |
Notes
References
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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