Solar eclipse of March 27, 1941

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| previous = Solar eclipse of October 1, 1940

| next = Solar eclipse of September 21, 1941

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An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Thursday, March 27, 1941,{{cite web|title=March 27, 1941 Annular Solar Eclipse|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/1941-march-27|publisher=timeanddate|access-date=4 August 2024}} with a magnitude of 0.9355. 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 2.6 days before apogee (on March 30, 1941, at 10:50 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.{{cite web|title=Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/moon/distance.html?year=1941&n=136|publisher=timeanddate|access-date=4 August 2024}}

Annularity was visible from Peru, Bolivia and Brazil. A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Oceania, Central America, the Caribbean, western South America, and Antarctica.

Eclipse details

Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.{{cite web|title=Annular Solar Eclipse of 1941 Mar 27|url=https://eclipsewise.com/solar/SEprime/1901-2000/SE1941Mar27Aprime.html|publisher=EclipseWise.com|access-date=4 August 2024}}

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|+March 27, 1941 Solar Eclipse Times

! Event

! Time (UTC)

First Penumbral External Contact

| 1941 March 27 at 17:12:43.8 UTC

First Umbral External Contact

| 1941 March 27 at 18:23:09.9 UTC

First Central Line

| 1941 March 27 at 18:26:16.2 UTC

First Umbral Internal Contact

| 1941 March 27 at 18:29:24.0 UTC

Equatorial Conjunction

| 1941 March 27 at 19:49:22.3 UTC

Greatest Eclipse

| 1941 March 27 at 20:08:07.8 UTC

Greatest Duration

| 1941 March 27 at 20:11:10.7 UTC

Ecliptic Conjunction

| 1941 March 27 at 20:14:07.0 UTC

Last Umbral Internal Contact

| 1941 March 27 at 21:47:04.6 UTC

Last Central Line

| 1941 March 27 at 21:50:13.5 UTC

Last Umbral External Contact

| 1941 March 27 at 21:53:20.9 UTC

Last Penumbral External Contact

| 1941 March 27 at 23:03:43.6 UTC

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|+March 27, 1941 Solar Eclipse Parameters

! Parameter

! Value

Eclipse Magnitude

| 0.93546

Eclipse Obscuration

| 0.87508

Gamma

| −0.50251

Sun Right Ascension

| 00h24m50.5s

Sun Declination

| +02°41'09.8"

Sun Semi-Diameter

| 16'01.3"

Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax

| 08.8"

Moon Right Ascension

| 00h25m23.4s

Moon Declination

| +02°15'13.1"

Moon Semi-Diameter

| 14'47.6"

Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax

| 0°54'17.7"

ΔT

| 24.9 s

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.

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|+ Eclipse season of March 1941

! March 13
Ascending node (full moon) !! March 27
Descending node (new moon)

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| Partial lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 112

Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 138