Solar eclipse of April 18, 1931

Solar eclipse of April 18, 1931
Solar eclipse of April 18, 1931
	Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Partial
Gamma	1.2643
Magnitude	0.5107
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates	61°30′N 58°54′E / 61.5°N 58.9°E
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	0:45:35
References
Saros	147 (18 of 80)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9353

A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Saturday, April 18, 1931, with a magnitude of 0.5107. 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.

Related eclipses[edit]

Solar eclipses of 1928–1931[edit]

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.^[1]

Solar eclipse series sets from 1928 to 1931
Ascending node		Descending node
117	May 19, 1928 Total (non-central)	122	November 12, 1928 Partial
127	May 9, 1929 Total	132	November 1, 1929 Annular
137	April 28, 1930 Hybrid	142	October 21, 1930 Total
147	April 18, 1931 Partial	152	October 11, 1931 Partial

Saros 147[edit]

Solar saros 147, repeating every about 18 years and 11 days, contains 80 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on October 12, 1624. It has annular eclipses from May 31, 2003, to July 31, 2706. There are no total eclipses in this series. The series ends at member 80 as a partial eclipse on February 24, 3049. The longest annular eclipse will be on November 21, 2291, at 9 minutes and 41 seconds.^[2]

Series members 17–27 occur between 1901 and 2100:
17	18	19
April 6, 1913	April 18, 1931	April 28, 1949
20	21	22
May 9, 1967	May 19, 1985	May 31, 2003
23	24	25
June 10, 2021	June 21, 2039	July 1, 2057
26	27
July 13, 2075	July 23, 2093