An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Friday, August 10, 1934, with a magnitude of 0.9436. 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. Occurring only 1.4 days after apogee (on August 8, 1934, at 22:10 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.
Annularity was visible from Portuguese West Africa, South West Africa, Rhodesia, Bechuanaland Protectorate, Mozambique, Transvaal, and Swaziland. A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Southern Africa, Central Africa, East Africa, and Antarctica.
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.
+August 10, 1934 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 1934 August 10 at 05:51:14.0 UTC First Umbral External Contact 1934 August 10 at 07:08:49.0 UTC First Central Line 1934 August 10 at 07:12:00.6 UTC First Umbral Internal Contact 1934 August 10 at 07:15:15.6 UTC Greatest Duration 1934 August 10 at 08:26:09.6 UTC Greatest Eclipse 1934 August 10 at 08:37:47.5 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 1934 August 10 at 08:45:56.7 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 1934 August 10 at 09:12:57.7 UTC Last Umbral Internal Contact 1934 August 10 at 09:59:57.4 UTC Last Central Line 1934 August 10 at 10:03:12.2 UTC Last Umbral External Contact 1934 August 10 at 10:06:23.4 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 1934 August 10 at 11:24:05.2 UTC
+August 10, 1934 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.94361 Eclipse Obscuration 0.89039 Gamma −0.68896 Sun Right Ascension 09h17m53.7s Sun Declination +15°44'27.3" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'46.8" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7" Moon Right Ascension 09h16m52.8s Moon Declination +15°10'20.0" Moon Semi-Diameter 14'43.8" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°54'03.6" ΔT 23.9 s
Eclipse season
This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) 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.
+ Eclipse season of July–August 1934 July 26Ascending node (full moon) August 10Descending node (new moon) Partial lunar eclipseLunar Saros 118 Annular solar eclipseSolar Saros 144
Related eclipses Eclipses in 1934 A partial lunar eclipse on January 30. A total solar eclipse on February 14. A partial lunar eclipse on July 26. An annular solar eclipse on August 10.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 21, 1930 Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 29, 1938
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 29, 1927 Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 21, 1941
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 4, 1925 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of August 15, 1943
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 10, 1923 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 9, 1945
Solar Saros 144 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 30, 1916 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 20, 1952
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 30, 1905 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 20, 1963
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 9, 1847 Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 10, 2021
Solar eclipses of 1931–1935
Saros 144
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
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