A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Saturday, December 24, 1927, with a magnitude of 0.549. 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 most of Antarctica.
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.
+December 24, 1927 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 1927 December 24 at 02:10:08.1 UTC Greatest Eclipse 1927 December 24 at 03:59:41.1 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 1927 December 24 at 04:12:05.4 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 1927 December 24 at 04:13:34.1 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 1927 December 24 at 05:49:03.8 UTC
+December 24, 1927 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.54900 Eclipse Obscuration 0.43598 Gamma −1.24161 Sun Right Ascension 18h05m51.9s Sun Declination -23°26'31.6" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'15.7" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 18h05m25.7s Moon Declination -24°35'11.1" Moon Semi-Diameter 15'09.9" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°55'39.4" ΔT 24.3 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 December 1927 December 8Ascending node (full moon) December 24Descending node (new moon) Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 124 Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 150
Related eclipses Eclipses in 1927 An annular solar eclipse on January 3. A total lunar eclipse on June 15. A total solar eclipse on June 29. A total lunar eclipse on December 8. A partial solar eclipse on December 24.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 5, 1924 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 11, 1931
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 10, 1920 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 3, 1935
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of December 17, 1918 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of December 28, 1936
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 23, 1917 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 21, 1938
Solar Saros 150 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 12, 1909 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 3, 1946
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 11, 1899 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 2, 1956
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 21, 1841 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 23, 2014
Solar eclipses of 1924–1928
Saros 150
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
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