A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Sunday, February 3, 1935, with a magnitude of 0.739. 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.
This was the second of five solar eclipses in 1935, with the others occurring on January 5, June 30, July 30, and December 25. The next time this will occur is 2206.
A partial eclipse was visible for most of North America.
Eclipse details Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the Moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
+February 3, 1935 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 1935 February 3 at 14:30:31.4 UTC Greatest Eclipse 1935 February 3 at 16:16:20.2 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 1935 February 3 at 16:27:42.1 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 1935 February 3 at 17:04:33.7 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 1935 February 3 at 18:01:48.2 UTC
+February 3, 1935 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.73901 Eclipse Obscuration 0.67784 Gamma 1.14380 Sun Right Ascension 21h05m33.3s Sun Declination -16°39'23.6" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'13.5" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 21h03m43.1s Moon Declination -15°34'30.3" Moon Semi-Diameter 16'44.0" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 1°01'24.9" ΔT 23.9 s
Eclipse season
This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight. The first and last eclipse in this sequence is separated by one synodic month.
+ Eclipse season of January–February 1935 January 5Ascending node (new moon) January 19Descending node (full moon) February 3Ascending node (new moon) Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 111 Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 123 Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 149
Related eclipses Eclipses in 1935 A partial solar eclipse on January 5. A total lunar eclipse on January 19. A partial solar eclipse on February 3. A partial solar eclipse on June 30. A total lunar eclipse on July 16. A partial solar eclipse on July 30. An annular solar eclipse on December 25.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 18, 1931 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 21, 1938
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 24, 1927 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 16, 1942
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of January 28, 1926 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of February 9, 1944
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 5, 1924 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 3, 1946
Solar Saros 149 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 23, 1917 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 14, 1953
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 23, 1906 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 14, 1964
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 3, 1848 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 4, 2021
Solar eclipses of 1931–1935
Saros 149
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
References
External links http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot1901/SE1935Feb03P.GIF