Solar eclipse of January 25, 1944
| Solar eclipse of January 25, 1944 | |
|---|---|
 Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Total |
| Gamma | 0.2025 |
| Magnitude | 1.0428 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 249 sec (4 m 9 s) |
| Coordinates | 7°36′S 50°12′W / 7.6°S 50.2°W |
| Max. width of band | 146 km (91 mi) |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 15:26:42 |
| References | |
| Saros | 130 (48 of 73) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9384 |
A total solar eclipse occurred on January 25, 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. 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.
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 | |||
Saros 130
It is a part of Saros cycle 130, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 73 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on August 20, 1096. It contains total eclipses from April 5, 1475 through July 18, 2232. The series ends at member 73 as a partial eclipse on October 25, 2394. The longest duration of totality was 6 minutes, 41 seconds on July 11, 1619.[1]
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Series members 43-56 between 1853 and 2100
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Notes
References
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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