A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Thursday, September 10, 1942, with a magnitude of 0.523. 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 northern North America, Europe, and North Africa.
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.
+September 10, 1942 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 1942 September 10 at 13:57:28.2 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 1942 September 10 at 14:55:13.2 UTC Greatest Eclipse 1942 September 10 at 15:39:32.2 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 1942 September 10 at 15:53:06.5 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 1942 September 10 at 17:21:52.0 UTC
+September 10, 1942 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.52306 Eclipse Obscuration 0.41298 Gamma 1.25711 Sun Right Ascension 11h13m14.3s Sun Declination +05°01'18.3" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'53.2" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7" Moon Right Ascension 11h14m40.0s Moon Declination +06°09'05.9" Moon Semi-Diameter 15'26.6" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°56'40.5" ΔT 25.6 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 August–September 1942 August 12Ascending node (new moon) August 26Descending node (full moon) September 10Ascending node (new moon) Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 115 Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 127 Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 153
Related eclipses Eclipses in 1942 A total lunar eclipse on March 3. A partial solar eclipse on March 16. A partial solar eclipse on August 12. A total lunar eclipse on August 26. A partial solar eclipse on September 10.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 21, 1938 Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 29, 1946
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 30, 1935 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 21, 1949
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of September 4, 1933 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of September 15, 1951
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 11, 1931 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 9, 1953
Solar Saros 153 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 30, 1924 Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 20, 1960
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 30, 1913 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 9, 1855 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 11, 2029
Solar eclipses of 1939–1942
Saros 153
Metonic series
Tritos series
Series members between 1801 and 1964September 17, 1811(Saros 141)August 16, 1822(Saros 142)July 17, 1833(Saros 143)June 16, 1844(Saros 144)May 16, 1855(Saros 145)April 15, 1866(Saros 146)March 15, 1877(Saros 147)February 11, 1888(Saros 148)January 11, 1899(Saros 149)December 12, 1909(Saros 150)November 10, 1920(Saros 151)October 11, 1931(Saros 152)September 10, 1942(Saros 153)August 9, 1953(Saros 154)July 9, 1964(Saros 155)
Inex series
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