Solar eclipse of February 24, 1933


An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Friday, February 24, 1933, with a magnitude of 0.9841. 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. The Moon's apparent diameter was near the average diameter because it occurred 6.1 days after perigee and 7.25 days before apogee.
Annularity was visible from Chile, Argentina, Portuguese Angola, French Equatorial Africa, Belgian Congo, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Ethiopia, French Somaliland, southeastern Italian Eritrea, and Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen, Aden Protectorate and Aden Province in British Raj. A partial eclipse was visible for parts of southern and central South America, Antarctica, Africa, and the Middle East.

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 Contact1933 February 24 at 09:56:13.4 UTC
First Umbral External Contact1933 February 24 at 10:57:42.3 UTC
First Central Line1933 February 24 at 10:58:41.9 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact1933 February 24 at 10:59:41.6 UTC
First Penumbral Internal Contact1933 February 24 at 12:04:02.5 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction1933 February 24 at 12:34:09.6 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction1933 February 24 at 12:44:13.6 UTC
Greatest Eclipse1933 February 24 at 12:46:39.0 UTC
Last Penumbral Internal Contact1933 February 24 at 13:29:31.9 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact1933 February 24 at 14:33:42.2 UTC
Greatest Duration1933 February 24 at 14:34:44.6 UTC
Last Central Line1933 February 24 at 14:34:44.6 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact1933 February 24 at 14:35:47.1 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact1933 February 24 at 15:37:16.0 UTC

ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude0.98411
Eclipse Obscuration0.96847
Gamma−0.21909
Sun Right Ascension22h29m09.4s
Sun Declination-09°30'27.0"
Sun Semi-Diameter16'09.4"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.9"
Moon Right Ascension22h29m32.7s
Moon Declination-09°41'36.6"
Moon Semi-Diameter15'39.2"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax0°57'26.7"
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. The first and last eclipse in this sequence is separated by one synodic month.
February 10
Descending node 		February 24
Ascending node 		March 12
Descending node
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 103		Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 129		Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 141

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 1933

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 129

Inex

Triad