A partial

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occurred at the Moon's

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of orbit on Saturday, August 30, 1924, with a

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of 0.4245. A

occurs when the

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passes between

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and the

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, 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 parts of

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, the

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, and

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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.

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an

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, 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

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. The first and last eclipse in this sequence is separated by one

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Related eclipses

Eclipses in 1924

* A total lunar eclipse on February 20. * A partial solar eclipse on March 5. * A partial solar eclipse on July 31. * A total lunar eclipse on August 14. * A partial solar eclipse on August 30.

Metonic

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 10, 1920 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 17, 1928

Tzolkinex

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 19, 1917 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 11, 1931

Half-Saros

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 24, 1915 * Followed by: Lunar eclipse of September 4, 1933

Tritos

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 30, 1913 * Followed by:

Solar eclipse of July 30, 1935 During the 20th century, there were 228 solar eclipses of which 78 were Solar eclipse#Types, partial, 73 were annular, 71 were total and 6 were hybrids between total and annular eclipses. Of these, two annular and three total eclipses were non-c ...

Solar Saros 153

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 20, 1906 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 10, 1942

Inex

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 18, 1895 * Followed by:

Solar eclipse of August 9, 1953 A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's Lunar node, descending node of orbit on Sunday, August 9, 1953, with a Magnitude of eclipse, magnitude of 0.3729. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally ...

Triad

* Preceded by:

Solar eclipse of October 29, 1837 During the 19th century, there were 242 solar eclipses of which 87 were Solar eclipse#Types, partial, 77 were annular, 63 were total and 15 were hybrids between total and annular eclipses. In the 19th century, the greatest number of eclipses in ...

* Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 1, 2011

Solar eclipses of 1921–1924

Saros 153

Metonic series

Tritos series

Inex series

References

External links

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