Solar eclipse of August 30, 1924

A partial solar eclipse occurred on August 30, 1924. 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 August 30, 1924
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma1.3123
Magnitude0.4245
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates71.5°N 172.9°E / 71.5; 172.9
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse8:23:00
References
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Solar eclipses 1921–1924

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]

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References
  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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