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]
The partial solar eclipse on June 17, 1928 occurs in the previous lunar year eclipse set, and the partial solar eclipse on September 12, 1931 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set.
| Solar eclipse series sets from 1928 to 1931 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
| 117 |
May 19, 1928 Total (non-central) |
1.0048 | 122 |
November 12, 1928 Partial |
1.0861 | |
| 127 |
May 9, 1929 Total |
−0.2887 | 132 |
November 1, 1929 Annular |
0.3514 | |
| 137 |
April 28, 1930 Hybrid |
0.473 | 142 |
October 21, 1930 Total |
−0.3804 | |
| 147 |
April 18, 1931 Partial |
1.2643 | 152 |
October 11, 1931 Partial |
−1.0607 | |
- ^ 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.
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]
The partial solar eclipse on June 17, 1928 occurs in the previous lunar year eclipse set, and the partial solar eclipse on September 12, 1931 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set.
| Solar eclipse series sets from 1928 to 1931 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
| 117 |
May 19, 1928 Total (non-central) |
1.0048 | 122 |
November 12, 1928 Partial |
1.0861 | |
| 127 |
May 9, 1929 Total |
−0.2887 | 132 |
November 1, 1929 Annular |
0.3514 | |
| 137 |
April 28, 1930 Hybrid |
0.473 | 142 |
October 21, 1930 Total |
−0.3804 | |
| 147 |
April 18, 1931 Partial |
1.2643 | 152 |
October 11, 1931 Partial |
−1.0607 | |
- ^ 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.