Solar eclipse of December 24, 1927
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma−1.2416
Magnitude0.549
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates66°06′S 47°42′W / 66.1°S 47.7°W / -66.1; -47.7
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse3:59:41
References
Saros150 (12 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)9345

A partial solar eclipse occurred on December 24, 1927. 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.

Solar eclipses 1924–1928

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.[1]

Solar eclipse series sets from 1924–1928
Ascending node   Descending node
115July 31, 1924

Partial		 120January 24, 1925

Total
125July 20, 1925

Annular		 130January 14, 1926

Total
135July 9, 1926

Annular		 140January 3, 1927

Annular
145June 29, 1927

Total		 150December 24, 1927

Partial
155June 17, 1928

Partial

Saros 150

It is a part of Saros cycle 150, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on August 24, 1729. It contains annular eclipses from April 22, 2126, through June 22, 2829. There are no total eclipses in this series. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on September 29, 2991. The longest duration of annularity will be 9 minutes, 58 seconds on December 19, 2522.

References

  1. ↑ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
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