Solar eclipse of July 31, 1924

Solar eclipse of July 31, 1924
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Partial
Gamma	-1.4459
Magnitude	0.192
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	19:58:20
References
Saros	115 (71 of 72)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9338

A partial solar eclipse occurred on July 31, 1924. 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.

Related eclipses

Solar eclipses 1924-1928

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 1924-1928

Ascending node			Descending node
115	July 31, 1924 Partial		120	January 24, 1925 Total
125	July 20, 1925 150px Annular		130	January 14, 1926 Total
135	July 9, 1926 150px Annular		140	January 3, 1927 150px Annular
145	June 29, 1927 Total		150	December 24, 1927 150px Partial
155	June 17, 1928 150px 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).

This series has 21 eclipse events between July 31, 1924 and July 31, 2000.

July 31-Aug 1	May 19-20	March 7	December 24-25	October 12
115	117	119	121	123
July 31, 1924	May 19, 1928	March 7, 1932	December 25, 1935	October 12, 1939
125	127	129	131	133
August 1, 1943	May 20, 1947	March 7, 1951	December 25, 1954	October 12, 1958
135	137	139	141	143
July 31, 1962	150px May 20, 1966	March 7, 1970	December 24, 1973	October 12, 1977
145	147	149	151	153
July 31, 1981	May 19, 1985	March 7, 1989	December 24, 1992	October 12, 1996
155
July 31, 2000

External links

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