Solar eclipse of August 12, 1942
Introduction A partial solar eclipse occurred on Wednesday, August 12, 1942.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 partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth. This was the 72nd of 72 solar eclipses in Saros 115 and the final eclipse.
Related eclipses === Solar eclipses 1942–1946====== Metonic series ===
See also * Moon's orbit
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