• Source: Solar eclipse of October 12, 1939

      • A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Thursday, October 12, 1939, with a magnitude of 1.0266. 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. Occurring about 1.8 days after perigee (on October 11, 1939, at 2:30 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.
      Totality was visible for a part of Antarctica. A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Eastern Australia, Oceania, extreme southern South America, and Antarctica.


      Eclipse details


      Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.


      Eclipse season



      This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.


      Related eclipses




      = Eclipses in 1939

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      An annular solar eclipse on April 19.
      A total lunar eclipse on May 3.
      A total solar eclipse on October 12.
      A partial lunar eclipse on October 28.


      = Metonic

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      Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 25, 1935
      Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 1, 1943


      = Tzolkinex

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      Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 31, 1932
      Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 23, 1946


      = Half-Saros

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      Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of October 7, 1930
      Followed by: Lunar eclipse of October 18, 1948


      = Tritos

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      Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 12, 1928
      Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 12, 1950


      = Solar Saros 123

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      Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 1, 1921
      Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 23, 1957


      = Inex

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      Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 2, 1910
      Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 22, 1968


      = Triad

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      Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 11, 1852
      Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 12, 2026


      = Solar eclipses of 1939–1942

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


      = Saros 123

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      This eclipse is a part of Saros series 123, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 70 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on April 29, 1074. It contains annular eclipses from July 2, 1182 through April 19, 1651; hybrid eclipses from April 30, 1669 through May 22, 1705; and total eclipses from June 3, 1723 through October 23, 1957. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on May 31, 2318. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.
      The longest duration of annularity was produced by member 19 at 8 minutes, 7 seconds on November 9, 1398, and the longest duration of totality was produced by member 42 at 3 minutes, 27 seconds on July 27, 1813. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.


      = Metonic series

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      The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's ascending node.


      = Tritos series

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      This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.


      = Inex series

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      This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.


      Notes




      References


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

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