A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit between Monday, November 21 and Tuesday, November 22, 1938, with a magnitude of 0.7781. 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 Northeast Asia, Hawaii, and western North America.
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.
+November 21, 1938 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 1938 November 21 at 21:45:25.1 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 1938 November 21 at 23:36:56.9 UTC Greatest Eclipse 1938 November 21 at 23:52:25.0 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 1938 November 22 at 00:05:04.6 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 1938 November 22 at 01:59:37.3 UTC
+November 21, 1938 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.77807 Eclipse Obscuration 0.70163 Gamma 1.10769 Sun Right Ascension 15h47m12.0s Sun Declination -19°56'42.7" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'11.6" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 15h47m43.3s Moon Declination -18°55'45.4" Moon Semi-Diameter 15'08.6" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°55'34.7" ΔT 24.0 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 November 1938 November 7Descending node (full moon) November 21Ascending node (new moon) Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 125 Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 151
Related eclipses Eclipses in 1938 A total lunar eclipse on May 14. A total solar eclipse on May 29. A total lunar eclipse on November 7. A partial solar eclipse on November 21.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 3, 1935 Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 10, 1942
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 11, 1931 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 3, 1946
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of November 17, 1929 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of November 28, 1947
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 24, 1927 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 21, 1949
Solar Saros 151 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 10, 1920 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 2, 1956
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 12, 1909 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 2, 1967
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 21, 1852 Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 21, 2025
Solar eclipses of 1935–1938
Saros 151
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
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