Solar eclipse of July 20, 1944
Introduction An annular solar eclipse occurred on Thursday, July 20, 1944.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. Annularity was visible from British Uganda (today's Uganda), Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (the part now belonging to South Sudan), British Kenya (today's Kenya), Ethiopia, British Somaliland (today's Somalia), British Raj (the part now belonging to India), Burma, Thailand, French Indochina (the parts now belonging to Laos and Vietnam), Philippines, South Seas Mandate in Japan (the part now belonging to Hatohobei, Palau) the Territory of New Guinea (now belonging to Papua New Guinea).
Related eclipses === Solar eclipses 1942–1946====== Saros 135 ===It is a part of Saros cycle 135, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on July 5, 1331.It contains annular eclipses from October 21, 1511 through February 24, 2305, hybrid eclipses on March 8, 2323 and March 18, 2341 and total eclipses from March 29, 2359 through May 22, 2449.The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on August 17, 2593.The longest duration of totality will be 2 minutes, 27 seconds on May 12, 2431.Series members 27–43 occur between 1800 and 2100:272829150pxApr 24, 1800150pxMay 5, 1818150pxMay 15, 1836303132150pxMay 26, 1854150pxJun 6, 1872150pxJun 17, 1890333435150pxJun 28, 1908150pxJul 9, 1926150pxJul 20, 1944363738150pxJul 31, 1962150pxAug 10, 1980150pxAug 22, 1998394041150pxSep 1, 2016150pxSep 12, 2034150pxSep 22, 20524243150pxOct 4, 2070150pxOct 14, 2088=== Metonic series ===22 eclipse events between December 13, 1898 and July 20, 1982December 13–14October 1–2July 20–21May 9February 24–25111113115117119150pxDecember 13, 1898150pxJuly 21, 1906150pxMay 9, 1910150pxFebruary 25, 1914121123125127129150pxDecember 14, 1917150pxOctober 1, 1921150pxJuly 20, 1925150pxMay 9, 1929150pxFebruary 24, 1933131133135137139150pxDecember 13, 1936150pxOctober 1, 1940150pxJuly 20, 1944150pxMay 9, 1948150pxFebruary 25, 1952141143145147149150pxDecember 14, 1955150pxOctober 2, 1959150pxJuly 20, 1963150pxMay 9, 1967150pxFebruary 25, 1971151153155150pxDecember 13, 1974150pxOctober 2, 1978150pxJuly 20, 1982
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