A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Wednesday, March 5, 1924, with a magnitude of 0.5819. 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 Antarctica and Southern 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.
+March 5, 1924 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 1924 March 5 at 13:55:48.0 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 1924 March 5 at 15:01:55.2 UTC Greatest Eclipse 1924 March 5 at 15:44:20.0 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 1924 March 5 at 15:57:55.9 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 1924 March 5 at 17:33:17.1 UTC
+March 5, 1924 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.58196 Eclipse Obscuration 0.47664 Gamma −1.22320 Sun Right Ascension 23h04m03.9s Sun Declination -05°58'59.1" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'07.1" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 23h05m25.5s Moon Declination -07°04'53.3" Moon Semi-Diameter 15'24.0" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°56'31.1" ΔT 23.5 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 February–March 1924 February 20Ascending node (full moon) March 5Descending node (new moon) Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 122 Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 148
Related eclipses Eclipses in 1924 A total lunar eclipse on February 20. A partial solar eclipse on March 5. A partial solar eclipse on July 31. A total lunar eclipse on August 14. A partial solar eclipse on August 30.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 18, 1920 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 24, 1927
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 23, 1917 Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 18, 1931
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of March 1, 1915 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 12, 1933
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 6, 1913 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 3, 1935
Solar Saros 148 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 23, 1906 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 16, 1942
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 26, 1895 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 14, 1953
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 4, 1837 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 4, 2011
Solar eclipses of 1921–1924
Saros 148
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
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