Solar eclipse of September 21, 1941
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A total solar eclipse occurred on Sunday, September 21, 1941. 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 Soviet Union (today's Russia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan), China, Taiwan, Okinawa Prefecture and South Seas Mandate (the parts now belonging to Northern Mariana and Marshall Islands) in Japan, and ended in the Pacific Ocean.
Solar eclipse of September 21, 1941 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Total |
Gamma | 0.4649 |
Magnitude | 1.0379 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 202 s (3 min 22 s) |
Coordinates | 27.3°N 119.1°E / 27.3; 119.1 |
Max. width of band | 143 km (89 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 4:34:03 |
References | |
Saros | 143 (19 of 72) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9378 |