Solar eclipse of June 17, 1928 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Partial |
Gamma | 1.5107 |
Magnitude | 0.0375 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Coordinates | 65°36′N 70°36′E / 65.6°N 70.6°E |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 20:27:28 |
References | |
Saros | 155 (1 of 71) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9346 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred on June 17, 1928. 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 partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth.
Each member 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.