Solar eclipse of June 8, 1937

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Solar eclipse of June 8, 1937
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The solar eclipse as viewed from Kanton Island.
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Type of eclipse
NatureTotal
Gamma −0.2253
Magnitude 1.0751
Maximum eclipse
Duration424 sec (7 m 4 s)
Coordinates 9°54′N130°30′W / 9.9°N 130.5°W / 9.9; -130.5
Max. width of band250 km (160 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse20:41:02
References
Saros 136 (33 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9369

A total solar eclipse occurred on Tuesday, June 8, 1937. 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. The path of totality crossed the Pacific Ocean starting in Gilbert and Ellice Islands (now belonging to Tuvalu and Kiribati) on June 9 (Wednesday ), and ending at sunset in Peru on June 8 (Tuesday). At sunrise totality lasted 3 minutes, 6.8 seconds and at sunset totality lasted 3 minutes, 5.1 seconds. American astronomy professor Ethelwynn Rice Beckwith traveled to Peru to see this eclipse, and described the event in detail for the Oberlin Alumnae Magazine in 1937, in an article titled "Three Minutes in Peru." [1]

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With a maximum eclipse of 7 minutes and 4.06 seconds, this was the longest total solar eclipse since July 1, 1098, which lasted 7 minutes and 5.34 seconds. A longer total solar eclipse occurred on June 20, 1955. [2]


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Solar eclipses 1935–1938

This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse 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. [7]

Solar eclipse series sets from 1935–1938
Ascending node Descending node
111 January 5, 1935
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Partial
116 June 30, 1935
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Partial
121 December 25, 1935
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Annular
126 June 19, 1936
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Total
131 December 13, 1936
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Annular
136 June 8, 1937
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Total
141 December 2, 1937
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Annular
146 May 29, 1938
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Total
151 November 21, 1938
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Partial

Saros 136

Solar Saros 136, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, contains 71 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on June 14, 1360, and reached a first annular eclipse on September 8, 1504. It was a hybrid event from November 22, 1612, through January 17, 1703, and total eclipses from January 27, 1721, through May 13, 2496. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on July 30, 2622, with the entire series lasting 1262 years. The longest eclipse occurred on June 20, 1955, with a maximum duration of totality at 7 minutes, 7.74 seconds. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon's descending node. [8]

Series members 29–43 occur between 1865 and 2117
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May 6, 1883
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May 18, 1901
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May 29, 1919
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Jun 8, 1937
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Jun 20, 1955
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Jun 30, 1973
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Jul 11, 1991
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Jul 22, 2009
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Aug 2, 2027
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Aug 12, 2045
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Aug 24, 2063
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Sep 3, 2081
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Sep 14, 2099
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Sep 26, 2117

Tritos series

This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

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Notes

  1. Beckwith, Ethelwynn Rice (November 1937). "Three Minutes in Peru". Oberlin Alumnae Magazine: 2–3 via Internet Archive.
  2. Espenak, Fred. "Total Solar Eclipses with Durations Exceeding 07m 00s: -3999 to 6000". NASA Eclipse Web Site.
  3. "Isle Eclipse Group Anxious To Return To Mainland". The Honolulu Advertiser. Honolulu, Hawaii. 1937-06-09. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-10-17 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Solar Eclipse: To-day's Phenomenon". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia. 1937-06-09. p. 14. Retrieved 2023-10-17 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Scientists Get Good Pictures Of Eclipse". Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona. 1937-06-09. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-10-17 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Eclipse and Shadow of Moon On Earth Photographed From Plane 5 Miles High, Other Good Shots". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. 1937-06-09. p. 19. Retrieved 2023-10-17 via Newspapers.com.
  7. van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  8. SEsaros136 at NASA.gov

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