Solar eclipse of December 25, 1935


An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Wednesday, December 25, 1935, with a magnitude of 0.9752. 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. The Moon's apparent diameter was near the average diameter because it occurred 7.7 days after apogee and 4.8 days before perigee.
This was the last of five solar eclipses in 1935, with the others occurring on January 5, February 3, June 30, and July 30. The next time this will occur is 2206.
Annularity was visible from parts of Antarctica. A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Antarctica, southern South America, and New Zealand.
It was the first solar eclipse to fall on Christmas Day since 1685, and the last until the 1954 eclipse.

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 Contact1935 December 25 at 15:42:21.2 UTC
First Umbral External Contact1935 December 25 at 17:15:44.8 UTC
First Central Line1935 December 25 at 17:18:14.4 UTC
Greatest Duration1935 December 25 at 17:18:14.4 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact1935 December 25 at 17:20:52.1 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction1935 December 25 at 17:47:27.1 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction1935 December 25 at 17:49:48.0 UTC
Greatest Eclipse1935 December 25 at 17:59:51.8 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact1935 December 25 at 18:39:02.7 UTC
Last Central Line1935 December 25 at 18:41:37.4 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact1935 December 25 at 18:44:04.0 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact1935 December 25 at 20:17:22.0 UTC

ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude0.97525
Eclipse Obscuration0.95112
Gamma−0.92279
Sun Right Ascension18h13m12.8s
Sun Declination-23°24'47.6"
Sun Semi-Diameter16'15.8"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.9"
Moon Right Ascension18h13m41.2s
Moon Declination-24°17'40.0"
Moon Semi-Diameter15'46.2"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax0°57'52.6"
ΔT23.7 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 25
Ascending node 		January 8
Descending node
Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 121		Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 133

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 1935

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 121

Inex

Triad