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.

Solar eclipses 1935–1938

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 1935–1938
Ascending node   Descending node
111January 5, 1935

Partial
116June 30, 1935

Partial
121December 25, 1935

Annular
126June 19, 1936

Total
131December 13, 1936

Annular
136June 8, 1937

Total
141December 2, 1937

Annular
146May 29, 1938

Total
151November 21, 1938

Partial

Notes

  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.

References

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