Template:Solar eclipse set 1939–1942

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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]

Solar eclipse series sets from 1939 to 1942
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros Map Saros Map
118 April 19, 1939

Annular
123 October 12, 1939

Total
128 April 7, 1940

Annular
133 October 1, 1940

Total
138 March 27, 1941

Annular
143 September 21, 1941

Total
148 March 16, 1942

Partial
153 September 10, 1942

Partial
The partial solar eclipse on August 12, 1942 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set.
  1. ^ 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.