Solar eclipse of December 13, 1936


An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit between Sunday, December 13 and Monday, December 14, 1936, with a magnitude of 0.9349. 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus. An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 4.1 days after apogee, the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.
Annularity was visible from Australia and New Zealand on December 14, and Oeno Island in the Pitcairn Islands on December 13. A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica.

Eclipse details

Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the Moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
EventTime
First Penumbral External Contact1936 December 13 at 20:27:13.0 UTC
First Umbral External Contact1936 December 13 at 21:32:18.0 UTC
First Central Line1936 December 13 at 21:35:09.5 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact1936 December 13 at 21:38:01.1 UTC
First Penumbral Internal Contact1936 December 13 at 22:47:25.8 UTC
Greatest Duration1936 December 13 at 23:24:56.8 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction1936 December 13 at 23:25:14.8 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction1936 December 13 at 23:27:03.5 UTC
Greatest Eclipse1936 December 13 at 23:28:11.7 UTC
Last Penumbral Internal Contact1936 December 14 at 00:09:00.2 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact1936 December 14 at 01:18:24.6 UTC
Last Central Line1936 December 14 at 01:21:14.0 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact1936 December 14 at 01:24:03.0 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact1936 December 14 at 02:29:05.6 UTC

ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude0.93493
Eclipse Obscuration0.87409
Gamma−0.24927
Sun Right Ascension17h24m20.6s
Sun Declination-23°11'38.5"
Sun Semi-Diameter16'15.0"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.9"
Moon Right Ascension17h24m23.0s
Moon Declination-23°25'17.2"
Moon Semi-Diameter14'58.2"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax0°54'56.3"
ΔT23.9 s

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.
December 13
Ascending node 		December 28
Descending node
Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 131		Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 143

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 1936

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 131

Inex

Triad