An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Monday, March 7, 1932, with a magnitude of 0.9277. 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 about 3.6 days before apogee (on March 10, 1932, at 22:00 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.
Annularity was visible from parts of Antarctica and southern Tasmania. A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Antarctica, Australia, and Southeast Asia.
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.
+March 7, 1932 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 1932 March 7 at 05:31:28.9 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 1932 March 7 at 06:54:13.1 UTC First Umbral External Contact 1932 March 7 at 07:18:12.4 UTC First Central Line 1932 March 7 at 07:27:34.8 UTC First Umbral Internal Contact 1932 March 7 at 07:41:47.8 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 1932 March 7 at 07:44:37.0 UTC Greatest Eclipse 1932 March 7 at 07:55:50.3 UTC Greatest Duration 1932 March 7 at 07:56:35.0 UTC Last Umbral Internal Contact 1932 March 7 at 08:10:29.9 UTC Last Central Line 1932 March 7 at 08:24:44.0 UTC Last Umbral External Contact 1932 March 7 at 08:34:07.6 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 1932 March 7 at 10:20:39.8 UTC
+March 7, 1932 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.92767 Eclipse Obscuration 0.86057 Gamma −0.96731 Sun Right Ascension 23h10m29.5s Sun Declination -05°18'43.8" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'06.7" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 23h12m10.8s Moon Declination -06°05'03.9" Moon Semi-Diameter 14'53.9" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°54'40.6" 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 March 1932 March 7Ascending node (new moon) March 22Descending node (full moon) Annular solar eclipseSolar Saros 119 Partial lunar eclipseLunar Saros 131
Related eclipses Eclipses in 1932 An annular solar eclipse on March 7. A partial lunar eclipse on March 22. A total solar eclipse on August 31. A partial lunar eclipse on September 14.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 19, 1928 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 25, 1935
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 24, 1925 Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 19, 1939
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of March 3, 1923 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 13, 1941
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 8, 1921 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 4, 1943
Solar Saros 119 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 25, 1914 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 18, 1950
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 29, 1903 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 15, 1961
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 6, 1845 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 6, 2019
Solar eclipses of 1931–1935
Saros 119
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
Notes
References