Solar eclipse of July 20, 1944


An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Thursday, July 20, 1944, with a magnitude of 0.97. 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 4.6 days before apogee, the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.
Annularity was visible from British Uganda, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, British Kenya, Ethiopia, British Somaliland, British Raj, Burma under Japanese occupation, Thailand, French Indochina, Philippines under Japanese occupation, South Seas Mandate in Japan the Territory of New Guinea. A partial eclipse was visible for parts of East Africa, West Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, and Australia.

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 Contact1944 July 20 at 02:43:03.9 UTC
First Umbral External Contact1944 July 20 at 03:46:12.4 UTC
First Central Line1944 July 20 at 03:47:41.2 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact1944 July 20 at 03:49:10.0 UTC
First Penumbral Internal Contact1944 July 20 at 04:52:23.2 UTC
Greatest Duration1944 July 20 at 05:41:10.0 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction1944 July 20 at 05:42:50.9 UTC
Greatest Eclipse1944 July 20 at 05:43:12.7 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction1944 July 20 at 05:43:33.9 UTC
Last Penumbral Internal Contact1944 July 20 at 06:34:00.8 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact1944 July 20 at 07:37:13.5 UTC
Last Central Line1944 July 20 at 07:38:44.7 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact1944 July 20 at 07:40:16.0 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact1944 July 20 at 08:43:26.9 UTC

ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude0.97004
Eclipse Obscuration0.94098
Gamma−0.03135
Sun Right Ascension07h57m43.1s
Sun Declination+20°41'32.4"
Sun Semi-Diameter15'44.4"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.7"
Moon Right Ascension07h57m42.4s
Moon Declination+20°39'49.3"
Moon Semi-Diameter15'02.1"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax0°55'10.8"
ΔT26.5 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.
July 6
Descending node 		July 20
Ascending node 		August 4
Descending node
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 109		Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 135		Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 147

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 1944

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 135

Inex

Triad