Solar eclipse of July 20, 1944
| Solar eclipse of July 20, 1944 | |
|---|---|
 Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Annular |
| Gamma | -0.0314 |
| Magnitude | 0.97 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 222 sec (3 m 42 s) |
| Coordinates | 19°00′N 95°42′E / 19°N 95.7°E |
| Max. width of band | 108 km (67 mi) |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 5:43:13 |
| References | |
| Saros | 135 (35 of 71) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9385 |
An annular solar eclipse occurred on July 20, 1944. 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 1942-1946
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.
Note: The partial solar eclipse on September 10, 1942 occurs in the previous lunar year eclipse set.
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 115 | August 12, 1942 Partial |
120 | February 4, 1943 Total | |
| 125 | August 1, 1943 Annular |
130 | January 25, 1944 Total | |
| 135 | July 20, 1944 Annular |
140 | January 14, 1945 Annular | |
| 145 | July 9, 1945 Total |
150 | January 3, 1946 Partial | |
| 155 | June 29, 1946 Partial | |||
Notes
References
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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