Solar eclipse of October 21, 1930

Solar eclipse of October 21, 1930
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Total
Gamma -0.3804
Magnitude 1.023
Maximum eclipse
Duration 115 sec (1 m 55 s)
Coordinates 30°30′S 161°06′W / 30.5°S 161.1°W / -30.5; -161.1
Max. width of band 84 km (52 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 21:43:53
References
Saros 142 (18 of 72)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9352

A total solar eclipse occurred on October 21, 1930. 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 1928-1931

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.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1928-1931
Ascending node   Descending node
117May 19, 1928

Total
122November 12, 1928

Partial
127May 9, 1929

Total
132November 1, 1929

Annular
137April 28, 1930

Hybrid
142October 21, 1930

Total
147April 18, 1931

Partial
152October 11, 1931

Partial

Saros series 142

It is a part of Saros cycle 142, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 72 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on April 17, 1624. It contains one hybrid eclipse on July 14, 1768, and total eclipses from July 25, 1786 through October 29, 2543. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on June 5, 2904. The longest duration of totality will be 6 minutes, 34 seconds on May 28, 2291.[1]

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