Solar eclipse of January 25, 1944

Solar eclipse of January 25, 1944
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Total
Gamma 0.2025
Magnitude 1.0428
Maximum eclipse
Duration 249 sec (4 m 9 s)
Coordinates 7°36′S 50°12′W / 7.6°S 50.2°W / -7.6; -50.2
Max. width of band 146 km (91 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 15:26:42
References
Saros 130 (48 of 73)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9384

A total solar eclipse occurred on January 25, 1944. 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.

Solar eclipses 1942-1946

Each member 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.

Note: The partial solar eclipse on September 10, 1942 occurs in the previous lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1942-1946
Ascending node   Descending node
115August 12, 1942

Partial
120February 4, 1943

Total
125August 1, 1943

Annular
130January 25, 1944

Total
135July 20, 1944

Annular
140January 14, 1945

Annular
145July 9, 1945

Total
150January 3, 1946

Partial
155June 29, 1946

Partial

Saros 130

It is a part of Saros cycle 130, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 73 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on August 20, 1096. It contains total eclipses from April 5, 1475 through July 18, 2232. The series ends at member 73 as a partial eclipse on October 25, 2394. The longest duration of totality was 6 minutes, 41 seconds on July 11, 1619.[1]

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