Solar eclipse of August 31, 1932

Solar eclipse of August 31, 1932
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Total
Gamma	0.8307
Magnitude	1.0257
Maximum eclipse
Duration	105 s (1 min 45 s)
Coordinates	54°30′N 79°30′W / 54.5°N 79.5°W / 54.5; -79.5
Max. width of band	155 km (96 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	20:03:41
References
Saros	124 (50 of 73)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9357

A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit between Wednesday, August 31 and Thursday, September 1, 1932,^[1] with a magnitude of 1.0257. 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 total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 3 days before perigee (on September 3, 1932, at 19:40 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.^[2]

Totality was visible from Northwest Territories (today's Northwest Territories and Nunavut) and Quebec in Canada, and northeastern Vermont, New Hampshire, southwestern Maine, the northeastern tip of Massachusetts, and northeastern Cape Cod in the United States. A partial eclipse was visible for parts of the eastern Soviet Union (on September 1 local time), North America, Central America, the Caribbean, and northern South America.