An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Wednesday, December 25, 1935, with a magnitude of 0.9752. 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. The Moon's apparent diameter was near the average diameter because it occurred 7.7 days after apogee (on December 18, 1935, at 2:40 UTC) and 4.8 days before perigee (on December 30, 1935, at 15:10 UTC).
This was the last of five solar eclipses in 1935, with the others occurring on January 5, February 3, June 30, and July 30. The next time this will occur is 2206.
Annularity was visible from parts of Antarctica. A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Antarctica, southern South America, and New Zealand.
It was the first solar eclipse to fall on Christmas Day since 1685, and the last until the 1954 eclipse.
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.
+December 25, 1935 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 1935 December 25 at 15:42:21.2 UTC First Umbral External Contact 1935 December 25 at 17:15:44.8 UTC First Central Line 1935 December 25 at 17:18:14.4 UTC Greatest Duration 1935 December 25 at 17:18:14.4 UTC First Umbral Internal Contact 1935 December 25 at 17:20:52.1 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 1935 December 25 at 17:47:27.1 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 1935 December 25 at 17:49:48.0 UTC Greatest Eclipse 1935 December 25 at 17:59:51.8 UTC Last Umbral Internal Contact 1935 December 25 at 18:39:02.7 UTC Last Central Line 1935 December 25 at 18:41:37.4 UTC Last Umbral External Contact 1935 December 25 at 18:44:04.0 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 1935 December 25 at 20:17:22.0 UTC
+December 25, 1935 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.97525 Eclipse Obscuration 0.95112 Gamma −0.92279 Sun Right Ascension 18h13m12.8s Sun Declination -23°24'47.6" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'15.8" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 18h13m41.2s Moon Declination -24°17'40.0" Moon Semi-Diameter 15'46.2" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°57'52.6" ΔT 23.7 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 December 1935–January 1936 December 25Ascending node (new moon) January 8Descending node (full moon) Annular solar eclipseSolar Saros 121 Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 133
Related eclipses Eclipses in 1935 A partial solar eclipse on January 5. A total lunar eclipse on January 19. A partial solar eclipse on February 3. A partial solar eclipse on June 30. A total lunar eclipse on July 16. A partial solar eclipse on July 30. An annular solar eclipse on December 25.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 7, 1932 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 12, 1939
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 12, 1928 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 4, 1943
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of December 19, 1926 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of December 29, 1944
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 24, 1925 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 23, 1946
Solar Saros 121 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 14, 1917 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 5, 1954
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 14, 1907 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 4, 1964
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 23, 1849 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 25, 2022
Solar eclipses of 1935–1938
Saros 121
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
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