Solar eclipse of September 21, 1941

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Solar eclipse of September 21, 1941
Map
Type of eclipse
NatureTotal
Gamma0.4649
Magnitude1.0379
Maximum eclipse
Duration202 s (3 min 22 s)
Coordinates27°18′N 119°06′E / 27.3°N 119.1°E / 27.3; 119.1
Max. width of band143 km (89 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse4:34:03
References
Saros143 (19 of 72)
Catalog # (SE5000)9378

A total solar eclipse occurred on Sunday, September 21, 1941. 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 the Soviet Union (today's Russia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan), China, Taiwan, Okinawa Prefecture and South Seas Mandate (the parts now belonging to Northern Mariana and Marshall Islands) in Japan, and ended in the Pacific ocean.

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Related eclipses[edit]

Solar eclipses of 1939–1942[edit]

This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse 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.[6]

Solar eclipse series sets from 1939 to 1942
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros Map Saros Map
118 April 19, 1939

Annular 		123 October 12, 1939

Total
128 April 7, 1940

Annular 		133 October 1, 1940

Total
138 March 27, 1941

Annular 		143 September 21, 1941

Total
148 March 16, 1942

Partial 		153 September 10, 1942

Partial
The partial solar eclipse on August 12, 1942 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Saros 143[edit]

It is a part of Saros cycle 143, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 72 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on March 7, 1617 and total event from June 24, 1797 through October 24, 1995. It has hybrid eclipses from November 3, 2013 through December 6, 2067, and annular eclipses from December 16, 2085 through September 16, 2536. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on April 23, 2873. The longest duration of totality was 3 minutes, 50 seconds on August 19, 1887. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon’s ascending node.

Series members 17–28 occur between 1741 and 2100
8 9 10

May 23, 1743
June 3, 1761
June 14, 1779
11 12 13

June 24, 1797
July 6, 1815
July 17, 1833
14 15 16

July 28, 1851
August 7, 1869
August 19, 1887
17 18 19

August 30, 1905
September 10, 1923
September 21, 1941
20 21 22

October 2, 1959
October 12, 1977
October 24, 1995
23 24 25

November 3, 2013
November 14, 2031
November 25, 2049
26 27 28

December 6, 2067
December 16, 2085

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Eclipse-Awed Chinese Beat Gongs, Shoot Fireworks". The Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, Georgia. 1941-09-22. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-10-17 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "There is a total eclipse to-day, but We Shan't See One Till 1999". Sunday Dispatch. London, England. 1941-09-21. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-10-17 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Chinese Will Observe Total Solar Eclipse". The Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, Georgia. 1941-09-21. p. 15. Retrieved 2023-10-17 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "CHINESE SCIENTISTS TO SEE FIRST FULL ECLIPSE SINCE 1856". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. 1941-09-21. p. 38. Retrieved 2023-10-17 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Chinese Savants To Study Eclipse". Tulsa World. Tulsa, Oklahoma. 1941-09-21. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-10-17 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.

External links[edit]

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