Solar eclipse of July 31, 1924
A partial solar eclipse occurred on July 31, 1924. 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 eclipse of July 31, 1924 | |
|---|---|
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Partial |
| Gamma | -1.4459 |
| Magnitude | 0.192 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Coordinates | 69.6°S 146°W |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 19:58:20 |
| References | |
| Saros | 115 (71 of 72) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9338 |
Related eclipses
Solar eclipses 1924–1928
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 1924–1928 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||
| 115 | July 31, 1924![]() Partial |
120 | January 24, 1925![]() Total | |
| 125 | July 20, 1925![]() Annular |
130 | January 14, 1926![]() Total | |
| 135 | July 9, 1926![]() Annular |
140 | January 3, 1927![]() Annular | |
| 145 | June 29, 1927![]() Total |
150 | December 24, 1927![]() Partial | |
| 155 | June 17, 1928![]() 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). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's ascending node.
| 22 eclipse events between December 24, 1916 and July 31, 2000 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 24–25 | October 12–13 | July 31-Aug 1 | May 18–20 | March 7–8 |
| 91 | 93 | 95 | 97 | 99 |
| December 23, 1878 | October 12, 1882 | July 31, 1886 | May 18, 1890 | March 7, 1894 |
| 101 | 103 | 105 | 107 | 109 |
| December 23, 1897 | October 12, 1901 | August 1, 1905 | May 19, 1909 | March 8, 1913 |
| 111 | 113 | 115 | 117 | 119 |
![]() December 24, 1916 |
October 12, 1920 | ![]() July 31, 1924 |
![]() May 19, 1928 |
![]() March 7, 1932 |
| 121 | 123 | 125 | 127 | 129 |
![]() December 25, 1935 |
![]() October 12, 1939 |
![]() August 1, 1943 |
![]() May 20, 1947 |
![]() March 7, 1951 |
| 131 | 133 | 135 | 137 | 139 |
![]() December 25, 1954 |
![]() October 12, 1958 |
![]() July 31, 1962 |
![]() May 20, 1966 |
![]() March 7, 1970 |
| 141 | 143 | 145 | 147 | 149 |
![]() December 24, 1973 |
![]() October 12, 1977 |
![]() July 31, 1981 |
![]() May 19, 1985 |
![]() March 7, 1989 |
| 151 | 153 | 155 | 157 | 159 |
![]() December 24, 1992 |
![]() October 12, 1996 |
![]() July 31, 2000 |
May 19, 2004 | March 7, 2008 |
| 161 | 163 | 165 | 167 | 169 |
| December 24, 2011 | October 13, 2015 | August 1, 2019 | May 19, 2023 | March 8, 2027 |
References
- 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.
External links
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC






























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