Solar eclipse of July 9, 1926


An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit between Friday, July 9 and Saturday, July 10, 1926, with a magnitude of 0.968. 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 4.3 days before apogee, the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.
Annularity was visible from the islands of Pulo Anna and Merir in Japan's South Seas Mandate and Wake Island on July 10, and Midway Atoll on July 9. A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Northeast Asia, northern Oceania, Hawaii, southern North America, and Central America.

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 Contact1926 July 9 at 20:05:21.4 UTC
First Umbral External Contact1926 July 9 at 21:08:43.5 UTC
First Central Line1926 July 9 at 21:10:16.8 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact1926 July 9 at 21:11:50.1 UTC
First Penumbral Internal Contact1926 July 9 at 22:15:23.2 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction1926 July 9 at 23:05:52.4 UTC
Greatest Eclipse1926 July 9 at 23:06:02.0 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction1926 July 9 at 23:06:39.5 UTC
Greatest Duration1926 July 9 at 23:08:37.8 UTC
Last Penumbral Internal Contact1926 July 9 at 23:56:40.1 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact1926 July 10 at 01:00:12.3 UTC
Last Central Line1926 July 10 at 01:01:48.0 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact1926 July 10 at 01:03:23.6 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact1926 July 10 at 02:06:47.9 UTC

ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude0.96799
Eclipse Obscuration0.93701
Gamma0.05379
Sun Right Ascension07h13m29.8s
Sun Declination+22°22'23.4"
Sun Semi-Diameter15'43.9"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.6"
Moon Right Ascension07h13m30.1s
Moon Declination+22°25'20.5"
Moon Semi-Diameter14'59.8"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax0°55'02.2"
ΔT24.2 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.
June 25
Descending node 		July 9
Ascending node 		July 25
Descending node
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 109		Total solar eclipse
Solar Saros 135		Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 147

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 1926

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 135

Inex

Triad