Nature Total Magnitude 1.0552 Max. width of band 675 km (419 mi) | Gamma -0.9607 Duration 245 sec (4 m 5 s) Greatest eclipse 13:50:19 | |
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A total solar eclipse occurred on May 29, 1938. 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 total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide.
Solar eclipses 1935-1938
Each member in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.
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Solar eclipse of May 29, 1938 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA