Solar eclipse of February 24, 1933

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Solar eclipse of February 24, 1933
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Map
Type of eclipse
NatureAnnular
Gamma −0.2191
Magnitude 0.9841
Maximum eclipse
Duration92 s (1 min 32 s)
Coordinates 20°48′S2°06′W / 20.8°S 2.1°W / -20.8; -2.1
Max. width of band58 km (36 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse12:46:39
References
Saros 129 (47 of 80)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9358

An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Friday, February 24, 1933, [1] with a magnitude of 0.9841. 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). The Moon's apparent diameter was near the average diameter because it occurred 6.1 days after perigee (on February 18, 1933, at 10:50 UTC) and 7.25 days before apogee (on March 3, 1933, at 18:10 UTC). [2]

Contents

Annularity was visible from Chile, Argentina, Portuguese Angola (today's Angola), French Equatorial Africa (parts now belonging to R. Congo and Central African Republic), Belgian Congo (today's DR Congo), Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (parts now belonging to South Sudan and Sudan), Ethiopia, French Somaliland (today's Djibouti), southeastern Italian Eritrea (today's Eritrea), and Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen, Aden Protectorate and Aden Province in British Raj (now belonging to Yemen). A partial eclipse was visible for parts of southern and central South America, Antarctica, Africa, and the Middle East.

Eclipse details

Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse. [3]

February 24, 1933 Solar Eclipse Times
EventTime (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact1933 February 24 at 09:56:13.4 UTC
First Umbral External Contact1933 February 24 at 10:57:42.3 UTC
First Central Line1933 February 24 at 10:58:41.9 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact1933 February 24 at 10:59:41.6 UTC
First Penumbral Internal Contact1933 February 24 at 12:04:02.5 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction1933 February 24 at 12:34:09.6 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction1933 February 24 at 12:44:13.6 UTC
Greatest Eclipse1933 February 24 at 12:46:39.0 UTC
Last Penumbral Internal Contact1933 February 24 at 13:29:31.9 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact1933 February 24 at 14:33:42.2 UTC
Greatest Duration1933 February 24 at 14:34:44.6 UTC
Last Central Line1933 February 24 at 14:34:44.6 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact1933 February 24 at 14:35:47.1 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact1933 February 24 at 15:37:16.0 UTC
February 24, 1933 Solar Eclipse Parameters
ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude0.98411
Eclipse Obscuration0.96847
Gamma−0.21909
Sun Right Ascension22h29m09.4s
Sun Declination-09°30'27.0"
Sun Semi-Diameter16'09.4"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.9"
Moon Right Ascension22h29m32.7s
Moon Declination-09°41'36.6"
Moon Semi-Diameter15'39.2"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax0°57'26.7"
ΔT23.9 s

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight. The first and last eclipse in this sequence is separated by one synodic month.

Eclipse season of February–March 1933
February 10
Descending node (full moon)
February 24
Ascending node (new moon)
March 12
Descending node (full moon)
Lunar eclipse chart close-1933Feb10.png SE1933Feb24A.png Lunar eclipse chart close-1933Mar12.png
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 103
Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 129
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 141

Eclipses in 1933

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 129

Inex

Triad

Solar eclipses of 1931–1935

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. [4]

The partial solar eclipses on April 18, 1931 and October 11, 1931 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set, and the solar eclipses on January 5, 1935 (partial), June 30, 1935 (partial), and December 25, 1935 (annular) occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1931 to 1935
Descending node Ascending node
SarosMapGammaSarosMapGamma
114 September 12, 1931
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Partial
1.506119 March 7, 1932
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Annular
−0.9673
124 August 31, 1932
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Total
0.8307129 February 24, 1933
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Annular
−0.2191
134 August 21, 1933
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Annular
0.0869139 February 14, 1934
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Total
0.4868
144 August 10, 1934
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Annular
−0.689149 February 3, 1935
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Partial
1.1438
154 July 30, 1935
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Partial
−1.4259

Saros 129

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 129, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 80 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on October 3, 1103. It contains annular eclipses from May 6, 1464 through March 18, 1969; hybrid eclipses from March 29, 1987 through April 20, 2023; and total eclipses from April 30, 2041 through July 26, 2185. The series ends at member 80 as a partial eclipse on February 21, 2528. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.

The longest duration of annularity was produced by member 34 at 5 minutes, 10 seconds on October 4, 1698, and the longest duration of totality will be produced by member 58 at 3 minutes, 43 seconds on June 25, 2131. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit. [5]

Series members 40–61 occur between 1801 and 2200:
404142
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December 10, 1806
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December 20, 1824
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December 31, 1842
434445
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January 11, 1861
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January 22, 1879
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February 1, 1897
464748
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February 14, 1915
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February 24, 1933
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March 7, 1951
495051
SE1969Mar18A.png
March 18, 1969
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March 29, 1987
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April 8, 2005
525354
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April 20, 2023
SE2041Apr30T.png
April 30, 2041
SE2059May11T.png
May 11, 2059
555657
SE2077May22T.png
May 22, 2077
SE2095Jun02T.png
June 2, 2095
Saros129 57van80 SE2113Jun13T.jpg
June 13, 2113
585960
Saros129 58van80 SE2131Jun25T.jpg
June 25, 2131
Saros129 59van80 SE2149Jul05T.jpg
July 5, 2149
Saros129 60van80 SE2167Jul16T.jpg
July 16, 2167
61
Saros129 61van80 SE2185Jul26T.jpg
July 26, 2185

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 13, 1898 and July 20, 1982
December 13–14October 1–2July 20–21May 9February 24–25
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December 13, 1898
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July 21, 1906
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May 9, 1910
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February 25, 1914
121123125127129
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December 14, 1917
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October 1, 1921
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July 20, 1925
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May 9, 1929
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February 24, 1933
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December 13, 1936
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October 1, 1940
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July 20, 1944
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May 9, 1948
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February 25, 1952
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December 14, 1955
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October 2, 1959
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July 20, 1963
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May 9, 1967
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February 25, 1971
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December 13, 1974
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October 2, 1978
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July 20, 1982

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.

Series members between 1801 and 2200
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March 4, 1802
(Saros 117)
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February 1, 1813
(Saros 118)
SE1824Jan01A.gif
January 1, 1824
(Saros 119)
SE1834Nov30T.gif
November 30, 1834
(Saros 120)
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October 30, 1845
(Saros 121)
SE1856Sep29A.gif
September 29, 1856
(Saros 122)
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August 29, 1867
(Saros 123)
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July 29, 1878
(Saros 124)
SE1889Jun28A.png
June 28, 1889
(Saros 125)
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May 28, 1900
(Saros 126)
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April 28, 1911
(Saros 127)
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March 28, 1922
(Saros 128)
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February 24, 1933
(Saros 129)
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January 25, 1944
(Saros 130)
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December 25, 1954
(Saros 131)
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November 23, 1965
(Saros 132)
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October 23, 1976
(Saros 133)
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September 23, 1987
(Saros 134)
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August 22, 1998
(Saros 135)
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July 22, 2009
(Saros 136)
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June 21, 2020
(Saros 137)
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May 21, 2031
(Saros 138)
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April 20, 2042
(Saros 139)
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March 20, 2053
(Saros 140)
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February 17, 2064
(Saros 141)
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January 16, 2075
(Saros 142)
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December 16, 2085
(Saros 143)
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November 15, 2096
(Saros 144)
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October 16, 2107
(Saros 145)
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September 15, 2118
(Saros 146)
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August 15, 2129
(Saros 147)
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July 14, 2140
(Saros 148)
Saros149 28van71 SE2151Jun14T.jpg
June 14, 2151
(Saros 149)
Saros150 25van71 SE2162May14A.jpg
May 14, 2162
(Saros 150)
Saros151 23van72 SE2173Apr12A.jpg
April 12, 2173
(Saros 151)
Saros152 22van70 SE2184Mar12T.jpg
March 12, 2184
(Saros 152)
Saros153 19van70 SE2195Feb10A.jpg
February 10, 2195
(Saros 153)

Inex series

This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Series members between 1801 and 2200
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May 16, 1817
(Saros 125)
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April 25, 1846
(Saros 126)
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April 6, 1875
(Saros 127)
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March 17, 1904
(Saros 128)
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February 24, 1933
(Saros 129)
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February 5, 1962
(Saros 130)
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January 15, 1991
(Saros 131)
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December 26, 2019
(Saros 132)
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December 5, 2048
(Saros 133)
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November 15, 2077
(Saros 134)
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October 26, 2106
(Saros 135)
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October 7, 2135
(Saros 136)
SE2164Sep16A.png
September 16, 2164
(Saros 137)
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August 26, 2193
(Saros 138)

Notes

  1. "February 24, 1933 Annular Solar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  2. "Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England". timeanddate. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  3. "Annular Solar Eclipse of 1933 Feb 24". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  4. 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.
  5. "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 129". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.

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