Solar eclipse of November 12, 1928


A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Monday, November 12, 1928, with a magnitude of 0.8078. 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. A partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth.
A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Northeast Africa, Europe, West Asia, Central Asia, and South Asia.

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 Contact1928 November 12 at 07:33:47.2 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction1928 November 12 at 08:58:05.5 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction1928 November 12 at 09:35:37.7 UTC
Greatest Eclipse1928 November 12 at 09:48:24.3 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact1928 November 12 at 12:03:24.1 UTC

ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude0.80778
Eclipse Obscuration0.72803
Gamma1.08611
Sun Right Ascension15h09m18.3s
Sun Declination-17°41'18.0"
Sun Semi-Diameter16'09.8"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.9"
Moon Right Ascension15h10m47.3s
Moon Declination-16°46'39.9"
Moon Semi-Diameter14'44.8"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax0°54'07.3"
ΔT24.1 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 12
Descending node
November 27
Ascending node
Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 122
Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 134

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 1928

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 122

Inex

Triad