Solar eclipse of February 24, 1933

Solar eclipse of February 24, 1933
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Annular
Gamma	−0.2191
Magnitude	0.9841
Maximum eclipse
Duration	92 s (1 min 32 s)
Coordinates	20°48′S 2°06′W / 20.8°S 2.1°W / -20.8; -2.1
Max. width of band	58 km (36 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	12:46:39
References
Saros	129 (47 of 80)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9358

An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Friday, February 24, 1933,^[1] with a magnitude of 0.9841. 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). The Moon's apparent diameter was near the average diameter because it occurred 6.1 days after perigee (on February 18, 1933, at 10:50 UTC) and 7.25 days before apogee (on March 3, 1933, at 18:10 UTC).^[2]

Annularity was visible from Chile, Argentina, Portuguese Angola (today's Angola), French Equatorial Africa (parts now belonging to R. Congo and Central African Republic), Belgian Congo (today's DR Congo), Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (parts now belonging to South Sudan and Sudan), Ethiopia, French Somaliland (today's Djibouti), southeastern Italian Eritrea (today's Eritrea), and Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen, Aden Protectorate and Aden Province in British Raj (now belonging to Yemen). A partial eclipse was visible for parts of southern and central South America, Antarctica, Africa, and the Middle East.