Solar eclipse of December 24, 1927

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Solar eclipse of December 24, 1927
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Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma -1.2416
Magnitude 0.549
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates 66°06′S47°42′W / 66.1°S 47.7°W / -66.1; -47.7
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse3:59:41
References
Saros 150 (12 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9345

A partial solar eclipse occurred on December 24, 1927. 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.

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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
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Partial
120 January 24, 1925
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Total
125 July 20, 1925
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Annular
130 January 14, 1926
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Total
135 July 9, 1926
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Annular
140 January 3, 1927
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Annular
145 June 29, 1927
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Total
150 December 24, 1927
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Partial
155 June 17, 1928
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Partial

Saros 150

It is a part of Saros cycle 150, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on August 24, 1729. It contains annular eclipses from April 22, 2126, through June 22, 2829. There are no total eclipses in this series. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on September 29, 2991. The longest duration of annularity will be 9 minutes, 58 seconds on December 19, 2522.

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References

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