Solar eclipse of August 30, 1924 explained

A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Saturday, August 30, 1924,[1] with a magnitude of 0.4245. 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.

A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Greenland, the Russian SFSR, and Northeast Asia.

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.[2]

August 30, 1924 Solar Eclipse Times! Event! Time (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact1924 August 30 at 06:50:49.9 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction1924 August 30 at 07:40:15.6 UTC
Greatest Eclipse1924 August 30 at 08:23:00.2 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction1924 August 30 at 08:37:02.6 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact1924 August 30 at 09:55:25.5 UTC
August 30, 1924 Solar Eclipse Parameters! Parameter! Value
Eclipse Magnitude0.42450
Eclipse Obscuration0.30793
Gamma1.31228
Sun Right Ascension10h33m37.7s
Sun Declination+09°04'07.2"
Sun Semi-Diameter15'50.6"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.7"
Moon Right Ascension10h35m02.3s
Moon Declination+10°15'33.7"
Moon Semi-Diameter15'29.6"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax0°56'51.5"
ΔT23.6 s

Eclipse season

See also: Eclipse cycle. 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. The first and last eclipse in this sequence is separated by one synodic month.

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 1924

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 153

Inex

Triad

Inex series

Notes and References

  1. Web site: August 30, 1924 Partial Solar Eclipse. timeanddate. 2 August 2024.
  2. Web site: Partial Solar Eclipse of 1924 Aug 30. EclipseWise.com. 2 August 2024.