Solar eclipse of April 8, 1921
Solar eclipse of April 8, 1921 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Annular |
Gamma | 0.8869 |
Magnitude | 0.9753 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 110 sec (1 m 50 s) |
Coordinates | 64°30′N 5°36′E / 64.5°N 5.6°E |
Max. width of band | 192 km (119 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 9:15:01 |
References | |
Saros | 118 (63 of 72) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9330 |
An annular solar eclipse occurred on April 8, 1921. 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.
Related eclipses
Solar eclipses 1921-1924
Each member 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.
Descending node | Ascending node | |||
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118 | April 8, 1921![]() Annular |
123 | October 1, 1921![]() Total | |
128 | March 28, 1922![]() Annular |
133 | September 21, 1922![]() Total | |
138 | March 17, 1923![]() Annular |
143 | September 10, 1923![]() Total | |
148 | March 5, 1924![]() Partial |
153 | August 30, 1924![]() Partial |
Notes
References
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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