A partial
solar eclipse
A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the view of the Sun from a small part of the Earth, totally or partially. Such an alignment occurs during an eclipse season, approximately every six month ...
occurred on June 17, 1928. A
solar eclipse
A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the view of the Sun from a small part of the Earth, totally or partially. Such an alignment occurs during an eclipse season, approximately every six month ...
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. This is the 1st solar eclipse of
Solar Saros 155
Saros cycle series 155 for solar eclipses occurs at the Moon's ascending node, repeating every 18 years, 11 days. Saros 155 contains 71 events in which of 15 will be partial solar eclipses and other 56 are umbral. There are 60 solar eclipses befor ...
, and this is the new saros to begin since the partial
solar eclipse of July 19, 1917
This is a list of solar eclipses in the 20th century. During the period 1901 to 2000 there were 228 solar eclipses of which 78 were partial, 73 were annular (two non-central), 71 were total (three non-central) and 6 were hybrids. The greatest nu ...
.
Related eclipses
Solar eclipses 1924–1928
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1928 in science
June 1928 events
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