Solar eclipse of December 2, 1937

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Solar eclipse of December 2, 1937
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Type of eclipse
NatureAnnular
Gamma 0.4389
Magnitude 0.9184
Maximum eclipse
Duration720 sec (12 m 0 s)
Coordinates 4°00′N167°48′W / 4°N 167.8°W / 4; -167.8
Max. width of band344 km (214 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse23:05:45
References
Saros 141 (19 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9370

An annular solar eclipse occurred on December 2, 1937. 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. Annularity was visible from Ogasawara, Tokyo and South Seas Mandate (the part now belonging to Marshall Islands) in Japan, and Gilbert and Ellice Islands (the part now belonging to Kiribati).

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The duration of annularity at maximum eclipse (closest to but slightly shorter than the longest duration) was 12 minutes, 0.33 seconds in the Pacific Ocean. It was the longest annular solar eclipse since December 25, 1628, but the Solar eclipse of December 14, 1955 lasted longer. [1]

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. [2]

Solar eclipse series sets from 1935–1938
Ascending node Descending node
111 January 5, 1935
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Partial		116 June 30, 1935
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Partial
121 December 25, 1935
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Annular		126 June 19, 1936
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Total
131 December 13, 1936
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Annular		136 June 8, 1937
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Total
141 December 2, 1937
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Annular		146 May 29, 1938
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Total
151 November 21, 1938
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Partial

Saros 141

Solar saros 141, repeating every about 18 years, 11 days, and 8 hours, contains 70 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on May 19, 1613. It contains 41 annular eclipses from August 4, 1739, to October 14, 2460. There are no total eclipses in this series. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on June 13, 2857. The longest annular eclipse occurred on December 14, 1955, with maximum duration of annularity at 12 minutes and 9 seconds. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node. [3]

Series members 17–36 occur between 1901 and 2259
171819
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November 11, 1901 		SE1919Nov22A.png
November 22, 1919 		SE1937Dec02A.png
December 2, 1937
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December 14, 1955 		SE1973Dec24A.png
December 24, 1973 		SE1992Jan04A.png
January 4, 1992
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January 15, 2010 		SE2028Jan26A.png
January 26, 2028 		SE2046Feb05A.png
February 5, 2046
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February 17, 2064 		SE2082Feb27A.png
February 27, 2082 		SE2100Mar10A.png
March 10, 2100
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March 22, 2118		 SE2136Apr01A.png
April 1, 2136		 SE2154Apr12A.png
April 12, 2154
323334
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April 23, 2172		 SE2190May04A.png
May 4, 2190		 SE2208May15A.png
May 15, 2208
3536
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May 27, 2226		 SE2244Jun06A.png
June 6, 2244

Tritos series

This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Notes

  1. ↑ "Annular Solar Eclipses with Durations Exceeding 11m 00s: -3999 to 6000". NASA Eclipse Web Site.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Saros Series Catalog of Solar Eclipses NASA Eclipse Web Site.

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