Solar eclipse of March 28, 1922

An annular solar eclipse occurred on March 28, 1922. 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. Annularity was visible from Peru, Brazil, French West Africa (parts now belonging to Senegal, Mauritania and Mali), British Gambia (today's Gambia) including capital Banjul, French Algeria (today's Algeria), Italian Libya (today's Libya), Egypt, Kingdom of Hejaz and Sultanate of Nejd (now belonging to Saudi Arabia), and British Kuwait.

Solar eclipse of March 28, 1922
Map
Type of eclipse
NatureAnnular
Gamma0.1711
Magnitude0.9381
Maximum eclipse
Duration470 sec (7 m 50 s)
Coordinates12.3°N 18°W / 12.3; -18
Max. width of band233 km (145 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse13:05:26
References
Saros128 (53 of 73)
Catalog # (SE5000)9332

Solar eclipses 1921–1924

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 1921–1924
Descending node   Ascending node
118April 8, 1921

Annular		 123October 1, 1921

Total
128March 28, 1922

Annular		 133September 21, 1922

Total
138March 17, 1923

Annular		 143September 10, 1923

Total
148March 5, 1924

Partial		 153August 30, 1924

Partial

Saros 128

This eclipse is a member of the Solar Saros cycle 128, which includes 73 eclipses occurring in intervals of 18 years and 11 days. The series started with partial solar eclipse on August 29, 984 AD. From May 16, 1417 through June 18, 1471 the series produced total solar eclipses, followed by hybrid solar eclipses from June 28, 1489 through July 31, 1543, and annular solar eclipses from August 11, 1561 through July 25, 2120. The series ends at member 73 as a partial eclipse on November 1, 2282. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon’s descending node.

Series members 52–68 occur between 1901 and 2200
52 53 54

March 17, 1904
March 28, 1922
April 7, 1940
55 56 57

April 19, 1958
April 29, 1976
May 10, 1994
58 59 60

May 20, 2012
June 1, 2030
June 11, 2048
61 62 63

June 22, 2066
July 3, 2084
July 15, 2102
64 65 66

July 25, 2120		 August 5, 2138 (Partial) August 16, 2156 (Partial)
67 68
August 27, 2174 (Partial) September 6, 2192 (Partial)

Notes
  1. van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.

References
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