Solar eclipse of May 29, 1938

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Solar eclipse of May 29, 1938
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Map
Type of eclipse
NatureTotal
Gamma −0.9607
Magnitude 1.0552
Maximum eclipse
Duration245 s (4 min 5 s)
Coordinates 52°42′S22°00′W / 52.7°S 22°W / -52.7; -22
Max. width of band675 km (419 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse13:50:19
References
Saros 146 (23 of 76)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9371

A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Sunday, May 29, 1938, [1] with a magnitude of 1.0552. 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 total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 1.2 days before perigee (on May 30, 1938, at 17:30 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger. [2]

Contents

The path of totality was mostly on the sea. The only land that was covered was South Orkney Islands of Antarctica, as well as South Georgia except for its northwestern part, Zavodovski Island and Visokoi Island controlled by the United Kingdom. A partial eclipse was visible for parts of southern and central South America and Southern Africa. This was the first of 41 umbral eclipses of Solar Saros 146.

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]

May 29, 1938 Solar Eclipse Times
EventTime (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact1938 May 29 at 11:46:36.9 UTC
First Umbral External Contact1938 May 29 at 13:17:53.5 UTC
First Central Line1938 May 29 at 13:22:34.9 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact1938 May 29 at 13:28:10.1 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction1938 May 29 at 13:43:32.0 UTC
Greatest Eclipse1938 May 29 at 13:50:18.5 UTC
Greatest Duration1938 May 29 at 13:50:38.6 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction1938 May 29 at 13:59:56.4 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact1938 May 29 at 14:12:30.3 UTC
Last Central Line1938 May 29 at 14:18:06.8 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact1938 May 29 at 14:22:49.5 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact1938 May 29 at 15:54:00.6 UTC
May 29, 1938 Solar Eclipse Parameters
ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude1.05523
Eclipse Obscuration1.11351
Gamma−0.96068
Sun Right Ascension04h22m54.3s
Sun Declination+21°34'16.3"
Sun Semi-Diameter15'46.6"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.7"
Moon Right Ascension04h23m11.2s
Moon Declination+20°36'05.3"
Moon Semi-Diameter16'34.8"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax1°00'50.8"
ΔT24.0 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.

Eclipse season of May 1938
May 14
Ascending node (full moon)		 May 29
Descending node (new moon)
Lunar eclipse chart close-1938May14.png SE1938May29T.png
Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 120		 Total solar eclipse
Solar Saros 146

Eclipses in 1938

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 146

Inex

Triad

Solar eclipses of 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. [4]

The partial solar eclipses on February 3, 1935 and July 30, 1935 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1935 to 1938
Ascending node Descending node
SarosMapGammaSarosMapGamma
111 January 5, 1935
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Partial		−1.5381116 June 30, 1935
SE1935Jun30P.png
Partial		1.3623
121 December 25, 1935
SE1935Dec25A.png
Annular		−0.9228126 June 19, 1936
SE1936Jun19T.png
Total		0.5389
131 December 13, 1936
SE1936Dec13A.png
Annular		−0.2493136
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Totality in Kanton Island,
Kiribati 		June 8, 1937
SE1937Jun08T.png
Total		−0.2253
141 December 2, 1937
SE1937Dec02A.png
Annular		0.4389146 May 29, 1938
SE1938May29T.png
Total		−0.9607
151 November 21, 1938
SE1938Nov21P.png
Partial		1.1077

Saros 146

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 146, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 76 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on September 19, 1541. It contains total eclipses from May 29, 1938 through October 7, 2154; hybrid eclipses from October 17, 2172 through November 20, 2226; and annular eclipses from November 30, 2244 through August 10, 2659. The series ends at member 76 as a partial eclipse on December 29, 2893. 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 totality was produced by member 26 at 5 minutes, 21 seconds on June 30, 1992, and the longest duration of annularity will be produced by member 63 at 3 minutes, 30 seconds on August 10, 2659. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit. [5]

Series members 16–37 occur between 1801 and 2200:
161718
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March 13, 1812		 SE1819Apr24P.png
March 24, 1830		 SE1837May04P.png
April 3, 1848
192021
SE1855May16P.png
April 15, 1866		 SE1873May26P.png
April 25, 1884		 SE1902May07P.png
May 7, 1902
222324
SE1920May18P.png
May 18, 1920 		SE1938May29T.png
May 29, 1938 		SE1956Jun08T.png
June 8, 1956
252627
SE1974Jun20T.png
June 20, 1974 		SE1992Jun30T.png
June 30, 1992 		SE2010Jul11T.png
July 11, 2010
282930
SE2028Jul22T.png
July 22, 2028 		SE2046Aug02T.png
August 2, 2046 		SE2064Aug12T.png
August 12, 2064
313233
SE2082Aug24T.png
August 24, 2082 		SE2100Sep04T.png
September 4, 2100 		SE2118Sep15T.png
September 15, 2118
343536
SE2136Sep26T.png
September 26, 2136		 SE2154Oct07T.png
October 7, 2154		 SE2172Oct17H.png
October 17, 2172
37
SE2190Oct29H.png
October 29, 2190

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 descending node.

22 eclipse events between March 16, 1866 and August 9, 1953
March 16–17January 1–3October 20–22August 9–10May 27–29
108110112114116
SE1866Mar16P.gif
March 16, 1866		 SE1877Aug09P.gif
August 9, 1877		 SE1881May27P.gif
May 27, 1881
118120122124126
SE1885Mar16A.gif
March 16, 1885		 SE1889Jan01T.png
January 1, 1889 		SE1892Oct20P.gif
October 20, 1892		 SE1896Aug09T.png
August 9, 1896 		SE1900May28T.png
May 28, 1900
128130132134136
SE1904Mar17A.png
March 17, 1904 		SE1908Jan03T.png
January 3, 1908 		SE1911Oct22A.png
October 22, 1911 		SE1915Aug10A.png
August 10, 1915 		SE1919May29T.png
May 29, 1919
138140142144146
SE1923Mar17A.png
March 17, 1923 		SE1927Jan03A.png
January 3, 1927 		SE1930Oct21T.png
October 21, 1930 		SE1934Aug10A.png
August 10, 1934 		SE1938May29T.png
May 29, 1938
148150152154
SE1942Mar16P.png
March 16, 1942 		SE1946Jan03P.png
January 3, 1946 		SE1949Oct21P.png
October 21, 1949 		SE1953Aug09P.png
August 9, 1953

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.

The partial solar eclipses on November 16, 2134 (part of Saros 164) and October 16, 2145 (part of Saros 165) are also a part of this series but are not included in the table below.

Series members between 1801 and 2069
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June 6, 1807
(Saros 134)		 SE1818May05A.gif
May 5, 1818
(Saros 135)		 SE1829Apr03T.gif
April 3, 1829
(Saros 136)		 SE1840Mar04A.png
March 4, 1840
(Saros 137)		 SE1851Feb01A.gif
February 1, 1851
(Saros 138)
SE1861Dec31T.gif
December 31, 1861
(Saros 139)		 SE1872Nov30H.gif
November 30, 1872
(Saros 140)		 SE1883Oct30A.gif
October 30, 1883
(Saros 141)		 SE1894Sep29T.gif
September 29, 1894
(Saros 142)		 SE1905Aug30T.png
August 30, 1905
(Saros 143)
SE1916Jul30A.png
July 30, 1916
(Saros 144)		 SE1927Jun29T.png
June 29, 1927
(Saros 145)		 SE1938May29T.png
May 29, 1938
(Saros 146)		 SE1949Apr28P.png
April 28, 1949
(Saros 147)		 SE1960Mar27P.png
March 27, 1960
(Saros 148)
SE1971Feb25P.png
February 25, 1971
(Saros 149)		 SE1982Jan25P.png
January 25, 1982
(Saros 150)		 SE1992Dec24P.png
December 24, 1992
(Saros 151)		 SE2003Nov23T.png
November 23, 2003
(Saros 152)		 SE2014Oct23P.png
October 23, 2014
(Saros 153)
SE2025Sep21P.png
September 21, 2025
(Saros 154)		 SE2036Aug21P.png
August 21, 2036
(Saros 155)		 SE2047Jul22P.png
July 22, 2047
(Saros 156)		 SE2058Jun21P.png
June 21, 2058
(Saros 157)		 SE2069May20P.png
May 20, 2069
(Saros 158)

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
SE1822Aug16T.gif
August 16, 1822
(Saros 142)		 SE1851Jul28T.png
July 28, 1851
(Saros 143)		 SE1880Jul07A.gif
July 7, 1880
(Saros 144)
SE1909Jun17H.png
June 17, 1909
(Saros 145)		 SE1938May29T.png
May 29, 1938
(Saros 146)		 SE1967May09P.png
May 9, 1967
(Saros 147)
SE1996Apr17P.png
April 17, 1996
(Saros 148)		 SE2025Mar29P.png
March 29, 2025
(Saros 149)		 SE2054Mar09P.png
March 9, 2054
(Saros 150)
SE2083Feb16P.png
February 16, 2083
(Saros 151)		 Saros152 18van70 SE2112Jan29T.jpg
January 29, 2112
(Saros 152)		 SE2141Jan08A.png
January 8, 2141
(Saros 153)
Saros154 15van71 SE2169Dec18A.jpg
December 18, 2169
(Saros 154)		 SE2198Nov28T.png
November 28, 2198
(Saros 155)

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