Solar eclipse of April 18, 1931

A partial solar eclipse occurred on April 18, 1931. 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 partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth.

Solar eclipse of April 18, 1931
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma1.2643
Magnitude0.5107
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates61.5°N 58.9°E / 61.5; 58.9
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse0:45:35
References
Saros147 (18 of 80)
Catalog # (SE5000)9353

Solar eclipses 1928–1931

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.[1]

Notes
  1. 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.
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