Solar eclipse of October 1, 1940
| Solar eclipse of October 1, 1940 | |
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Total |
| Gamma | -0.2573 |
| Magnitude | 1.0645 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 335 sec (5 m 35 s) |
| Coordinates | 17°30′S 18°12′W / 17.5°S 18.2°W |
| Max. width of band | 218 km (135 mi) |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 12:44:06 |
| References | |
| Saros | 133 (41 of 72) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9376 |
A total solar eclipse occurred on October 1, 1940. 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.
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.
Solar Saros 133, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, contains 72 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on July 13, 1219. It contains annular eclipses from November 20, 1435, through January 13, 1526, with a hybrid eclipse on January 24, 1544. It has total eclipses from February 3, 1562, through June 21, 2373. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on September 5, 2499. The longest duration of totality was 6 minutes, 50 seconds on August 7, 1850. The total eclipses of this saros series are getting shorter and farther south with each iteration.
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