Solar eclipse of March 28, 1922


An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Tuesday, March 28, 1922, with a magnitude of 0.9381. 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 2.75 days after apogee, the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.
Annularity was visible from Peru, Brazil, French West Africa, British Gambia including capital Banjul, French Algeria, Italian Libya, Egypt, Kingdom of Hejaz and Sultanate of Nejd, and Sheikhdom of Kuwait. A partial eclipse was visible for parts of South America, the Caribbean, North Africa, Central Africa, Europe, 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 Contact1922 March 28 at 10:01:22.5 UTC
First Umbral External Contact1922 March 28 at 11:06:26.9 UTC
First Central Line1922 March 28 at 11:09:09.9 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact1922 March 28 at 11:11:53.0 UTC
First Penumbral Internal Contact1922 March 28 at 12:18:44.5 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction1922 March 28 at 13:03:23.4 UTC
Greatest Eclipse1922 March 28 at 13:05:25.8 UTC
Greatest Duration1922 March 28 at 13:06:46.6 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction1922 March 28 at 13:11:48.1 UTC
Last Penumbral Internal Contact1922 March 28 at 13:51:56.9 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact1922 March 28 at 14:58:55.1 UTC
Last Central Line1922 March 28 at 15:01:36.7 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact1922 March 28 at 15:04:18.1 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact1922 March 28 at 16:09:22.4 UTC

ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude0.93810
Eclipse Obscuration0.88002
Gamma0.17106
Sun Right Ascension00h25m58.2s
Sun Declination+02°48'27.5"
Sun Semi-Diameter16'01.1"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.8"
Moon Right Ascension00h25m47.1s
Moon Declination+02°57'17.9"
Moon Semi-Diameter14'48.3"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax0°54'20.0"
ΔT22.5 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.
March 13
Ascending node 		March 28
Descending node 		April 11
Ascending node
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 102		Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 128		Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 140

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 1922

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 128

Inex

Triad