Solar eclipse of March 5, 1924

Solar eclipse of March 5, 1924
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Partial
Gamma	−1.2232
Magnitude	0.5819
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates	71°54′S 55°36′E / 71.9°S 55.6°E / -71.9; 55.6
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	15:44:20
References
Saros	148 (16 of 75)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9336

A partial solar eclipse occurred on March 5, 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.

Related eclipses

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]

Solar eclipse series sets from 1921–1924
Descending node			Ascending node
118	April 8, 1921 Annular		123	October 1, 1921 Total
128	March 28, 1922 Annular		133	September 21, 1922 Total
138	March 17, 1923 Annular		143	September 10, 1923 Total
148	March 5, 1924 Partial		153	August 30, 1924 Partial

References

External links

• Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
  • Besselian elements

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