Solar eclipse of December 24, 1927

A partial solar eclipse occurred on December 24, 1927. 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 December 24, 1927
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma-1.2416
Magnitude0.549
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates66.1°S 47.7°W / -66.1; -47.7
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse3:59:41
References
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Solar eclipses 1924–1928

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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