Solar eclipse of November 1, 1929


An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Friday, November 1, 1929, with a magnitude of 0.9649. 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 6 days before apogee, the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.
Annularity was visible from Spanish Sahara, French West Africa, British Gold Coast, French Togoland including capital Lomé, Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe, French Equatorial Africa including capital Brazzaville, Belgian Congo including capital Léopoldville, Northern Rhodesia, British Tanganyika including capital Dar es Salaam, and British Seychelles including capital Victoria. A partial eclipse was visible for most of 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 Contact1929 November 1 at 09:12:50.4 UTC
First Umbral External Contact1929 November 1 at 10:17:25.7 UTC
First Central Line1929 November 1 at 10:19:08.2 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact1929 November 1 at 10:20:50.9 UTC
First Penumbral Internal Contact1929 November 1 at 11:35:47.0 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction1929 November 1 at 11:47:03.1 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction1929 November 1 at 12:01:11.0 UTC
Greatest Eclipse1929 November 1 at 12:05:09.8 UTC
Last Penumbral Internal Contact1929 November 1 at 12:34:57.3 UTC
Greatest Duration1929 November 1 at 12:41:12.0 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact1929 November 1 at 13:49:37.9 UTC
Last Central Line1929 November 1 at 13:51:23.5 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact1929 November 1 at 13:53:08.8 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact1929 November 1 at 14:57:43.0 UTC

ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude0.96489
Eclipse Obscuration0.93100
Gamma0.35138
Sun Right Ascension14h24m49.9s
Sun Declination-14°22'20.5"
Sun Semi-Diameter16'07.1"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.9"
Moon Right Ascension14h25m23.5s
Moon Declination-14°04'23.5"
Moon Semi-Diameter15'19.6"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax0°56'14.9"
ΔT24.0 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.
November 1
Descending node 		November 17
Ascending node
Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 132		Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 144

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 1929

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 132

Inex

Triad