An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit between Sunday, December 13 and Monday, December 14, 1936, with a magnitude of 0.9349. 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. Occurring about 4.1 days after apogee (on December 9, 1936, at 20:00 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.
Annularity was visible from Australia and New Zealand on December 14 (Monday), and Oeno Island in the Pitcairn Islands on December 13 (Sunday). A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica.
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.
+December 13, 1936 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 1936 December 13 at 20:27:13.0 UTC First Umbral External Contact 1936 December 13 at 21:32:18.0 UTC First Central Line 1936 December 13 at 21:35:09.5 UTC First Umbral Internal Contact 1936 December 13 at 21:38:01.1 UTC First Penumbral Internal Contact 1936 December 13 at 22:47:25.8 UTC Greatest Duration 1936 December 13 at 23:24:56.8 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 1936 December 13 at 23:25:14.8 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 1936 December 13 at 23:27:03.5 UTC Greatest Eclipse 1936 December 13 at 23:28:11.7 UTC Last Penumbral Internal Contact 1936 December 14 at 00:09:00.2 UTC Last Umbral Internal Contact 1936 December 14 at 01:18:24.6 UTC Last Central Line 1936 December 14 at 01:21:14.0 UTC Last Umbral External Contact 1936 December 14 at 01:24:03.0 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 1936 December 14 at 02:29:05.6 UTC
+December 13, 1936 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.93493 Eclipse Obscuration 0.87409 Gamma −0.24927 Sun Right Ascension 17h24m20.6s Sun Declination -23°11'38.5" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'15.0" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 17h24m23.0s Moon Declination -23°25'17.2" Moon Semi-Diameter 14'58.2" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°54'56.3" 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.
+ Eclipse season of December 1936 December 13Ascending node (new moon) December 28Descending node (full moon) Annular solar eclipseSolar Saros 131 Penumbral lunar eclipseLunar Saros 143
Related eclipses Eclipses in 1936 A total lunar eclipse on January 8. A total solar eclipse on June 19. A partial lunar eclipse on July 4. An annular solar eclipse on December 13. A penumbral lunar eclipse on December 28.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 24, 1933 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 1, 1940
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 1, 1929 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 25, 1944
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of December 8, 1927 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of December 19, 1945
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 14, 1926 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 12, 1947
Solar Saros 131 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 3, 1918 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 25, 1954
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 3, 1908 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 23, 1965
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 12, 1850 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 14, 2023
Solar eclipses of 1935–1938
Saros 131
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
Notes
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