Solar eclipse of May 29, 1938

Solar eclipse of May 29, 1938
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Type of eclipse
Nature	Total
Gamma	-0.9607
Magnitude	1.0552
Maximum eclipse
Duration	245 sec (4 m 5 s)
Coordinates
Max. width of band	675 km (419 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	13:50:19
References
Saros	146 (23 of 76)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9371

A total solar eclipse occurred on May 29, 1938. 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.

Related eclipses

Solar eclipses 1935-1938

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 1935-1938

Ascending node			Descending node
111	January 5, 1935 Partial		116	June 30, 1935 Partial
121	December 25, 1935 Annular		126	June 19, 1936 Total
131	December 13, 1936 Annular		136	June 8, 1937 Total
141	December 2, 1937 Annular		146	May 29, 1938 150px Total
151	November 21, 1938 150px Partial

References

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