Solar eclipse of January 3, 1927
| Solar eclipse of January 3, 1927 | |
|---|---|
 Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Annular |
| Gamma | -0.4956 |
| Magnitude | 0.9995 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 3 sec (0 m 3 s) |
| Coordinates | 52°48′S 124°48′W / 52.8°S 124.8°W |
| Max. width of band | 2 km (1.2 mi) |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 20:22:53 |
| References | |
| Saros | 140 (24 of 71) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9343 |
An annular solar eclipse occurred on January 3, 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. 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.
Observations
View of the eclipse from Buenos Aires
Related eclipses
Solar eclipses 1924-1928
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.
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 115 | July 31, 1924 Partial |
120 | January 24, 1925 Total | |
| 125 | July 20, 1925 Annular |
130 | January 14, 1926 Total | |
| 135 | July 9, 1926 Annular |
140 | January 3, 1927 Annular | |
| 145 | June 29, 1927 Total |
150 | December 24, 1927 Partial | |
| 155 | June 17, 1928 Partial | |||
Notes
References
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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