# Solar eclipse of March 5, 1924

A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Wednesday, March 5, 1924, with a magnitude of 0.5819. 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.
A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Antarctica and Southern Africa.

## 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.
March 5, 1924 Solar Eclipse Times :
| Event | Time (UTC) |
| First Penumbral External Contact | 1924 March 05 at 13:55:48.0 UTC |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 1924 March 05 at 15:01:55.2 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse | 1924 March 05 at 15:44:20.0 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 1924 March 05 at 15:57:55.9 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 1924 March 05 at 17:33:17.1 UTC |
March 5, 1924 Solar Eclipse Parameters :
| Parameter | Value |
| Eclipse Magnitude | 0.58196 |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 0.47664 |
| Gamma | −1.22320 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 23h04m03.9s |
| Sun Declination | -05°58'59.1" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 16'07.1" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.9" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 23h05m25.5s |
| Moon Declination | -07°04'53.3" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 15'24.0" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 0°56'31.1" |
| ΔT | 23.5 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.
Eclipse season of February–March 1924 :
| February 20 Ascending node (full moon) | March 5 Descending node (new moon) |
| Total lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 122 | Partial solar eclipse Solar Saros 148 |

## Related eclipses
### Eclipses in 1924

* A total lunar eclipse on February 20.
* A partial solar eclipse on March 5.
* A partial solar eclipse on July 31.
* A total lunar eclipse on August 14.
* A partial solar eclipse on August 30.

### Metonic

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 18, 1920
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 24, 1927

### Tzolkinex

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 23, 1917
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 18, 1931

### Half-Saros

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of March 1, 1915
* Followed by: Lunar eclipse of March 12, 1933

### Tritos

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 6, 1913
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 3, 1935

### Solar Saros 148

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 23, 1906
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 16, 1942

### Inex

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 26, 1895
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 14, 1953

### Triad

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 4, 1837
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 4, 2011

### Solar eclipses of 1921–1924

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.
The partial solar eclipse on July 31, 1924 occurs in the next lunar year eclipse set.
Solar eclipse series sets from 1921 to 1924 :
| Descending node | Descending node | Descending node | Ascending node | Ascending node | Ascending node |
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma |
| 118 | April 8, 1921 Annular | 0.8869 | 123 | October 1, 1921 Total | −0.9383 |
| 128 | March 28, 1922 Annular | 0.1711 | 133 | September 21, 1922 Total | −0.213 |
| 138 | March 17, 1923 Annular | −0.5438 | 143 | September 10, 1923 Total | 0.5149 |
| 148 | March 5, 1924 Partial | −1.2232 | 153 | August 30, 1924 Partial | 1.3123 |

### Saros 148

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 148, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 75 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on September 21, 1653. It contains annular eclipses on April 29, 2014 and May 9, 2032; a hybrid eclipse on May 20, 2050; and total eclipses from May 31, 2068 through August 3, 2771. The series ends at member 75 as a partial eclipse on December 12, 2987. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.
The longest duration of annularity will be produced by member 22 at 22 seconds (by default) on May 9, 2032, and the longest duration of totality will be produced by member 54 at 5 minutes, 23 seconds on April 26, 2609. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.
Series members 10–31 occur between 1801 and 2200: :
| 10 | 11 | 12 |
| December 30, 1815 | January 9, 1834 | January 21, 1852 |
| 13 | 14 | 15 |
| January 31, 1870 | February 11, 1888 | February 23, 1906 |
| 16 | 17 | 18 |
| March 5, 1924 | March 16, 1942 | March 27, 1960 |
| 19 | 20 | 21 |
| April 7, 1978 | April 17, 1996 | April 29, 2014 |
| 22 | 23 | 24 |
| May 9, 2032 | May 20, 2050 | May 31, 2068 |
| 25 | 26 | 27 |
| June 11, 2086 | June 22, 2104 | July 4, 2122 |
| 28 | 29 | 30 |
| July 14, 2140 | July 25, 2158 | August 4, 2176 |
| 31 |
| August 16, 2194 |

### Metonic series

The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's descending node.
22 eclipse events between March 5, 1848 and July 30, 1935 :
| March 5–6 | December 22–24 | October 9–11 | July 29–30 | May 17–18 |
| 108 | 110 | 112 | 114 | 116 |
| March 5, 1848 | | | July 29, 1859 | May 17, 1863 |
| 118 | 120 | 122 | 124 | 126 |
| March 6, 1867 | December 22, 1870 | October 10, 1874 | July 29, 1878 | May 17, 1882 |
| 128 | 130 | 132 | 134 | 136 |
| March 5, 1886 | December 22, 1889 | October 9, 1893 | July 29, 1897 | May 18, 1901 |
| 138 | 140 | 142 | 144 | 146 |
| March 6, 1905 | December 23, 1908 | October 10, 1912 | July 30, 1916 | May 18, 1920 |
| 148 | 150 | 152 | 154 |
| March 5, 1924 | December 24, 1927 | October 11, 1931 | July 30, 1935 |

### Tritos series

This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
The partial solar eclipse on October 24, 2098 (part of Saros 164) is also a part of this series but is not included in the table below.
Series members between 1801 and 2011 :
| February 11, 1804 (Saros 137) | January 10, 1815 (Saros 138) | December 9, 1825 (Saros 139) | November 9, 1836 (Saros 140) | October 9, 1847 (Saros 141) |
| September 7, 1858 (Saros 142) | August 7, 1869 (Saros 143) | July 7, 1880 (Saros 144) | June 6, 1891 (Saros 145) | May 7, 1902 (Saros 146) |
| April 6, 1913 (Saros 147) | March 5, 1924 (Saros 148) | February 3, 1935 (Saros 149) | January 3, 1946 (Saros 150) | December 2, 1956 (Saros 151) |
| November 2, 1967 (Saros 152) | October 2, 1978 (Saros 153) | August 31, 1989 (Saros 154) | July 31, 2000 (Saros 155) | July 1, 2011 (Saros 156) |

### Inex series

This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
Series members between 1801 and 2200 :
| May 25, 1808 (Saros 144) | May 4, 1837 (Saros 145) | April 15, 1866 (Saros 146) |
| March 26, 1895 (Saros 147) | March 5, 1924 (Saros 148) | February 14, 1953 (Saros 149) |
| January 24, 1982 (Saros 150) | January 4, 2011 (Saros 151) | December 15, 2039 (Saros 152) |
| November 24, 2068 (Saros 153) | November 4, 2097 (Saros 154) | October 16, 2126 (Saros 155) |
| September 26, 2155 (Saros 156) | September 4, 2184 (Saros 157) | |