Solar eclipse of July 9, 1926

Solar eclipse of July 9, 1926
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Annular
Gamma 0.0538
Magnitude 0.968
Maximum eclipse
Duration 231 sec (3 m 51 s)
Coordinates 25°36′N 165°06′W / 25.6°N 165.1°W / 25.6; -165.1
Max. width of band 115 km (71 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 23:06:02
References
Saros 135 (34 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9342

An annular solar eclipse occurred on July 9, 1926. 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 (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide.

Solar eclipses 1924-1928

Each member in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1924-1928
Ascending node   Descending node
115July 31, 1924

Partial
120January 24, 1925

Total
125July 20, 1925

Annular
130January 14, 1926

Total
135July 9, 1926

Annular
140January 3, 1927

Annular
145June 29, 1927

Total
150December 24, 1927

Partial
155June 17, 1928

Partial

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