Solar eclipse of June 19, 1936

Solar eclipse of June 19, 1936
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Total
Gamma 0.5389
Magnitude 1.0329
Maximum eclipse
Duration 151 sec (2 m 31 s)
Coordinates 56°06′N 104°42′E / 56.1°N 104.7°E / 56.1; 104.7
Max. width of band 132 km (82 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 5:20:31
References
Saros 126 (43 of 72)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9367

A total solar eclipse occurred on June 19, 1936. 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. The path of totality crossed Europe and Asia. The full phase can be seen in Greece, Turkey, USSR, China and Japan. The maximum eclipse was near Bratsk and lasts about 2.5 minutes.

Related eclipses

Solar eclipses 1935-1938

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.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1935-1938
Ascending node   Descending node
111January 5, 1935

Partial
116June 30, 1935

Partial
121December 25, 1935

Annular
126June 19, 1936

Total
131December 13, 1936

Annular
136June 8, 1937

Total
141December 2, 1937

Annular
146May 29, 1938

Total
151November 21, 1938

Partial

Saros 126

It is a part of Saros cycle 126, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on March 10, 1179. It contains annular eclipses from June 4, 1323 through April 4, 1810 and hybrid eclipses from April 14, 1828 through May 6, 1864. It contains total eclipses from May 17, 1882 through August 23, 2044. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on May 3, 2459. The longest duration of central eclipse (annular or total) was 5 minutes, 46 seconds of annularity on November 22, 1593. The longest duration of totality was 2 minutes, 36 seconds on July 10, 1972.[1]

Notes

  1. Solar_Saros_series_126, accessed October 2010

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