An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit between Friday, July 9 and Saturday, July 10, 1926, with a magnitude of 0.968. 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 4.3 days before apogee (on July 14, 1926, at 5:50 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.
Annularity was visible from the islands of Pulo Anna and Merir in Japan's South Seas Mandate (now in Palau) and Wake Island on July 10 (Saturday), and Midway Atoll on July 9 (Friday). A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Northeast Asia, northern Oceania, Hawaii, southern North America, and Central 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.
+July 9, 1926 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 1926 July 9 at 20:05:21.4 UTC First Umbral External Contact 1926 July 9 at 21:08:43.5 UTC First Central Line 1926 July 9 at 21:10:16.8 UTC First Umbral Internal Contact 1926 July 9 at 21:11:50.1 UTC First Penumbral Internal Contact 1926 July 9 at 22:15:23.2 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 1926 July 9 at 23:05:52.4 UTC Greatest Eclipse 1926 July 9 at 23:06:02.0 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 1926 July 9 at 23:06:39.5 UTC Greatest Duration 1926 July 9 at 23:08:37.8 UTC Last Penumbral Internal Contact 1926 July 9 at 23:56:40.1 UTC Last Umbral Internal Contact 1926 July 10 at 01:00:12.3 UTC Last Central Line 1926 July 10 at 01:01:48.0 UTC Last Umbral External Contact 1926 July 10 at 01:03:23.6 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 1926 July 10 at 02:06:47.9 UTC
+July 9, 1926 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.96799 Eclipse Obscuration 0.93701 Gamma 0.05379 Sun Right Ascension 07h13m29.8s Sun Declination +22°22'23.4" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'43.9" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.6" Moon Right Ascension 07h13m30.1s Moon Declination +22°25'20.5" Moon Semi-Diameter 14'59.8" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°55'02.2" ΔT 24.2 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 June–July 1926 June 25Descending node (full moon) July 9Ascending node (new moon) July 25Descending node (full moon) Penumbral lunar eclipseLunar Saros 109 Total solar eclipseSolar Saros 135 Penumbral lunar eclipseLunar Saros 147
Related eclipses Eclipses in 1926 A total solar eclipse on January 14. A penumbral lunar eclipse on January 28. A penumbral lunar eclipse on June 25. An annular solar eclipse on July 9. A penumbral lunar eclipse on July 25. A penumbral lunar eclipse on December 19.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 21, 1922 Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 28, 1930
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 29, 1919 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 21, 1933
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of July 4, 1917 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of July 16, 1935
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 10, 1915 Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 8, 1937
Solar Saros 135 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 28, 1908 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 20, 1944
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 29, 1897 Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 20, 1955
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 7, 1839 Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 10, 2013
Solar eclipses of 1924–1928
Saros 135
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
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