Solar eclipse of September 10, 1923

Solar eclipse of September 10, 1923
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Total
Gamma	0.5149
Magnitude	1.043
Maximum eclipse
Duration	217 s (3 min 37 s)
Coordinates	34°42′N 121°48′W / 34.7°N 121.8°W / 34.7; -121.8
Max. width of band	167 km (104 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	20:47:29
References
Saros	143 (18 of 72)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9335

A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit between Monday, September 10, and Tuesday, September 11, 1923,^[1] with a magnitude of 1.043. 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 2.1 days before perigee (on September 12, 1923, at 23:20 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.^[2]

The path of totality started at the southeastern tip of Shiashkotan in Japan (now in Russia) on September 11, and crossed the Pacific Ocean, southwestern California including the whole Channel Islands, northwestern and northern Mexico, Yucatan Peninsula, British Honduras (today's Belize), Swan Islands, Honduras, and Serranilla Bank and Bajo Nuevo in Colombia on September 10. The eclipse was over 90% in Los Angeles, San Diego, and Santa Barbara on the Southern California coast. A partial eclipse was visible for parts of far east Russia, North America, Central America, the Caribbean, and northern South America.