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Template:Solar eclipse set 1939–1942

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This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.[1]

The partial solar eclipse on August 12, 1942 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1939 to 1942
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
118 April 19, 1939

Annular
0.9388 123 October 12, 1939

Total
−0.9737
128 April 7, 1940

Annular
0.219 133 October 1, 1940

Total
−0.2573
138 March 27, 1941

Annular
−0.5025 143 September 21, 1941

Total
0.4649
148 March 16, 1942

Partial
−1.1908 153 September 10, 1942

Partial
1.2571
  1. ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.