An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Friday, February 24, 1933, with a magnitude of 0.9841. 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). The Moon's apparent diameter was near the average diameter because it occurred 6.1 days after perigee (on February 18, 1933, at 10:50 UTC) and 7.25 days before apogee (on March 3, 1933, at 18:10 UTC).
Annularity was visible from Chile, Argentina, Portuguese Angola (today's Angola), French Equatorial Africa (parts now belonging to R. Congo and Central African Republic), Belgian Congo (today's DR Congo), Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (parts now belonging to South Sudan and Sudan), Ethiopia, French Somaliland (today's Djibouti), southeastern Italian Eritrea (today's Eritrea), and Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen, Aden Protectorate and Aden Province in British Raj (now belonging to Yemen). A partial eclipse was visible for parts of southern and central South America, Antarctica, Africa, 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.
+February 24, 1933 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 1933 February 24 at 09:56:13.4 UTC First Umbral External Contact 1933 February 24 at 10:57:42.3 UTC First Central Line 1933 February 24 at 10:58:41.9 UTC First Umbral Internal Contact 1933 February 24 at 10:59:41.6 UTC First Penumbral Internal Contact 1933 February 24 at 12:04:02.5 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 1933 February 24 at 12:34:09.6 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 1933 February 24 at 12:44:13.6 UTC Greatest Eclipse 1933 February 24 at 12:46:39.0 UTC Last Penumbral Internal Contact 1933 February 24 at 13:29:31.9 UTC Last Umbral Internal Contact 1933 February 24 at 14:33:42.2 UTC Greatest Duration 1933 February 24 at 14:34:44.6 UTC Last Central Line 1933 February 24 at 14:34:44.6 UTC Last Umbral External Contact 1933 February 24 at 14:35:47.1 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 1933 February 24 at 15:37:16.0 UTC
+February 24, 1933 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.98411 Eclipse Obscuration 0.96847 Gamma −0.21909 Sun Right Ascension 22h29m09.4s Sun Declination -09°30'27.0" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'09.4" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 22h29m32.7s Moon Declination -09°41'36.6" Moon Semi-Diameter 15'39.2" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°57'26.7" 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. The first and last eclipse in this sequence is separated by one synodic month.
+ Eclipse season of February–March 1933 February 10Descending node (full moon) February 24Ascending node (new moon) March 12Descending node (full moon) Penumbral lunar eclipseLunar Saros 103 Annular solar eclipseSolar Saros 129 Penumbral lunar eclipseLunar Saros 141
Related eclipses Eclipses in 1933 A penumbral lunar eclipse on February 10. An annular solar eclipse on February 24. A penumbral lunar eclipse on March 12. A penumbral lunar eclipse on August 5. An annular solar eclipse on August 21. A penumbral lunar eclipse on September 4.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 9, 1929 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 13, 1936
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 14, 1926 Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 7, 1940
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of February 20, 1924 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 3, 1942
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 28, 1922 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 25, 1944
Solar Saros 129 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 14, 1915 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 7, 1951
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 17, 1904 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 5, 1962
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 25, 1846 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 26, 2019
Solar eclipses of 1931–1935
Saros 129
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
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