Solar eclipse of August 31, 1932
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A total solar eclipse occurred on August 31, 1932. 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. Totality was visible from Northwest Territories (today's Northwest Territories and Nunavut) and Quebec in Canada, and northeastern Vermont, New Hampshire, southwestern Maine, northeastern tip of Massachusetts and northeastern Cape Cod in the United States.
Solar eclipse of August 31, 1932 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Total |
Gamma | 0.8307 |
Magnitude | 1.0257 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 105 s (1 min 45 s) |
Coordinates | 54.5°N 79.5°W / 54.5; -79.5 |
Max. width of band | 155 km (96 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 20:03:41 |
References | |
Saros | 124 (50 of 73) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9357 |
The partial eclipse in the eastern Soviet Union was seen on September 1 local time.