Solar eclipse of January 5, 1935

A partial solar eclipse occurred on January 5, 1935 during summer. 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.

Solar eclipse of January 5, 1935
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma-1.5381
Magnitude0.0013
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates64.7°S 110.2°W / -64.7; -110.2
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse5:35:46
References
Saros111 (79 of 79)
Catalog # (SE5000)9363

Description

It was one of five eclipses that took place that year, the next one was in the Northern Hemisphere on February 3 and covered much of North America.

It was the last eclipse of solar saros 111 with the moon's penumbra touching the earth for just 10 minutes.[1] The next mini eclipse in 296 years, the last solar eclipse that was very short occurred on January 4, 1639 and had a magnitude of 0.0009 and lasted for about 7 minutes.

As is shown under 1% obscuration, the center of the Moon's shadow was missed by about 2,825 km above the area (64.7S) north of the Antarctic Circle.

The mini-eclipse took place hundreds of kilometers offshore from Antarctica in the Pacific Ocean, at the fifth minute, the greatest eclipse occurred at 5:35:45 UTC (22:45 local time) at 64.7S and 110.2 W.

As the moon moved towards the right on the Moon, in that part of Antarctica north of the South Pole at the 110th meridian west, it was seen as it was moved towards the right as the axis spun south of 66.5 S, the Antarctic Circle.

The eclipse was the shortest in the 20th century.

Solar eclipses 1935–1938

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.[2]

Solar eclipse series sets from 1935–1938
Ascending node   Descending node
111January 5, 1935

Partial		 116June 30, 1935

Partial
121December 25, 1935

Annular		 126June 19, 1936

Total
131December 13, 1936

Annular		 136June 8, 1937

Total
141December 2, 1937

Annular		 146May 29, 1938

Total
151November 21, 1938

Partial

Metonic series

The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's ascending node.

22 eclipse events between January 5, 1935 and August 11, 2018
January 4-5 October 23-24 August 10-12 May 30-31 March 18-19
111 113 115 117 119

January 5, 1935
August 12, 1942
May 30, 1946
March 18, 1950
121 123 125 127 129

January 5, 1954
October 23, 1957
August 11, 1961
May 30, 1965
March 18, 1969
131 133 135 137 139

January 4, 1973
October 23, 1976
August 10, 1980
May 30, 1984
March 18, 1988
141 143 145 147 149

January 4, 1992
October 24, 1995
August 11, 1999
May 31, 2003
March 19, 2007
151 153 155

January 4, 2011
October 23, 2014
August 11, 2018

References
  1. "Partial Solar Eclipse of 1935 Jan 05". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  2. 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.
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