Solar eclipse of November 21, 1938

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Solar eclipse of November 21, 1938
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma1.1077
Magnitude0.7781
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates68°54′N 162°00′W / 68.9°N 162°W / 68.9; -162
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse23:52:25
References
Saros151 (10 of 72)
Catalog # (SE5000)9372

A partial solar eclipse occurred on November 21, 1938. 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[edit]

Solar eclipses 1935–1938[edit]

This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse 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.[1]

Solar eclipse series sets from 1935 to 1938
Ascending node   Descending node
111 January 5, 1935

Partial
116 June 30, 1935

Partial
121 December 25, 1935

Annular
126 June 19, 1936

Total
131 December 13, 1936

Annular
136 June 8, 1937

Total
141 December 2, 1937

Annular
146 May 29, 1938

Total
151 November 21, 1938

Partial

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.

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