Solar eclipse of September 12, 1931

Solar eclipse of September 12, 1931
	Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Partial
Gamma	1.506
Magnitude	0.0471
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates	61.2°N 152.8°W
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	4:41:25
References
Saros	114 (72 of 72)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9355

A partial solar eclipse occurred on September 12, 1931. 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.

This was the 72nd and final event from Solar Saros 114. It started in 651 AD and ended in 1931.

Related eclipses

Solar eclipses 1931–1935

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 1931–1935
Descending node		Ascending node
114	September 12, 1931 Partial	119	March 7, 1932 Annular
124	August 31, 1932 Total	129	February 24, 1933 Annular
134	August 21, 1933 Annular	139	February 14, 1934 Total
144	August 10, 1934 Annular	149	February 3, 1935 Partial
154	July 30, 1935 Partial

Metonic series

The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's descending node.

22 eclipse events between September 12, 1931 and July 1, 2011.
September 11-12	June 30-July 1	April 17-19	February 4-5	November 22-23
114	116	118	120	122
September 12, 1931	June 30, 1935	April 19, 1939	February 4, 1943	November 23, 1946
124	126	128	130	132
September 12, 1950	June 30, 1954	April 19, 1958	February 5, 1962	November 23, 1965
134	136	138	140	142
September 11, 1969	June 30, 1973	April 18, 1977	February 4, 1981	November 22, 1984
144	146	148	150	152
September 11, 1988	June 30, 1992	April 17, 1996	February 5, 2000	November 23, 2003
154	156	158	160	162
September 11, 2007	July 1, 2011	April 18, 2015	February 4, 2019	November 23, 2022

References

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.

External links

Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
- Besselian elements

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[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.