Solar eclipse of March 28, 1922

Solar eclipse of March 28, 1922
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Annular
Gamma	0.1711
Magnitude	0.9381
Maximum eclipse
Duration	470 s (7 min 50 s)
Coordinates	12°18′N 18°00′W / 12.3°N 18°W / 12.3; -18
Max. width of band	233 km (145 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	13:05:26
References
Saros	128 (53 of 73)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9332

An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Tuesday, March 28, 1922,^[1] with a magnitude of 0.9381. 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). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 2.75 days after apogee (on March 25, 1922, at 19:30 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.^[2]

Annularity was visible from Peru, Brazil, French West Africa (parts now belonging to Senegal, Mauritania and Mali), British Gambia (today's Gambia) including capital Banjul, French Algeria (today's Algeria), Italian Libya (today's Libya), Egypt, Kingdom of Hejaz and Sultanate of Nejd (now belonging to Saudi Arabia), and British Kuwait. A partial eclipse was visible for parts of South America, the Caribbean, North Africa, Central Africa, Europe, and the Middle East.