Tuesday, June 8, 1937, Total Solar Eclipse Belongs to Saros Series 136

Summary: The Tuesday, June 8, 1937, total solar eclipse belongs to Saros series 136, a family of 71 similar solar eclipses.

A partial eclipse on March 10, 1179, opened solar Saros series 126's lineup of 72 similar eclipses; credit: Eclipse map/figure/table/predictions courtesy of Fred Espenak, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, from eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov: No copyright, via NASA Eclipse Web Site

The Tuesday, June 8, 1937, total solar eclipse belongs to Saros series 136, which comprises 71 solar eclipses with similar geometries.

The solar Saros cycle gathers solar eclipses with similar geometries into families, known as series. For example, occurrence at the same lunar node characterizes all solar eclipses in a particular Saros series. The set of ascending and descending lunar nodes signifies the two points of intersection of the lunar orbit with Earth's orbit. The ascending node concerns lunar passage to the north of Earth's orbit. The descending node relates to lunar passage to the south of Earth's orbit.

All Saros series 136 solar eclipses occur at the moon's descending node. As such, each succeeding eclipse in the series reveals northward movement away from the node.

A Saros cycle's timeline spans approximately 6,585.3 days (18 years 11 days 8 hours). Specifically, Saros series 136 timelines for 1,262.11 years, according to NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Eclipse Web Site's eclipse predictions by NASA astrophysicist, now retired, Fred Espenak. Saros series 136 stretches across 14 centuries, from the 14th to the 27th centuries.

Saros series 136 contains six annular solar eclipses, six hybrid solar eclipses, 15 partial solar eclipses and 44 total solar eclipses. The cycle's 71 eclipses observe an order of five sets. The first set comprises eight partial solar eclipses. The second set contains six annular solar eclipses. The third set is composed of six hybrid solar eclipses. The fourth set features 44 total solar eclipses. The cyle's fifth and last set contains the last seven of the cycle's 15 partial solar eclipses.

A partial solar eclipse on June 14, 1360, opened Saros series 136. A partial solar eclipse on Tuesday, July 30, 2622, will close the series. The transition of the opening eclipse's Southern Hemisphere setting to the closing eclipse's Northern Hemisphere location attests to the northward movement of Saros series 136 solar eclipses away from the descending lunar node.

The Tuesday, June 8, 1937, total solar eclipse appeared as 33rd in the Saros series 136 lineup of 71 eclipses. The June 1937 event numbered as 13th in the cycle's set of 44 total solar eclipses.

The June 1937 total solar eclipse's predecessor was the Thursday, May 29, 1919, total solar eclipse. The May 1919 total solar eclipse numbered as 12th in the Saros series 136's set of 44 total solar eclipses and as 32nd in the Saros series 136 lineup of 71 eclipses.

The June 1937 total solar eclipse's successor was the Monday, June 20, 1955, total solar eclipse. The June 1955 total solar eclipse occurred as 14th in the cycle's set of 44 total solar eclipses and as 34th in the Saros series 136 lineup of 71 eclipses.

Saros series 136's set of 44 total solar eclipses unfolds over 13 centuries, beginning in the 18th century and finishing in the 25th century. The set's opening total solar eclipse of Monday, Jan. 27, 1721, numbered as 21st in Saros series 136's overall lineup of 71 eclipses. The total solar eclipse of Sunday, May 13, 2496, will close as the set's 44th and last total solar eclipse. The May 2496 total solar eclipse will number as 64th in Saros series 136's overall lineup of 71 eclipses.

The NASA Eclipse Web Site's extreme durations predicted by Fred Espenak recognize the June 1937 total solar eclipse's successor, the total solar eclipse of Monday, June 20, 1955, as the longest total solar eclipse in Saros series 136's 44-member total solar eclipse set. The June 1955 total solar eclipse had a duration of 7 minutes 8 seconds. The Sunday, May 13, 2496, total solar eclipse's duration of only 1 minute 2 seconds qualifies the total solar eclipse set's closing eclipse as the set's shortest total solar eclipse.

The takeaways for the Tuesday, June 8, 1937, total solar eclipse belonging to Saros series 136 are that the event occurred as 13th in Saros series 136's set of 44 total solar eclipses; that the June 1937 total solar eclipse numbered as 33rd in the Saros series 136 lineup of 71 eclipses; that the June 1937 total solar eclipse's predecessor was the Thursday, May 29, 1919, total solar eclipse; and that the June 1937 total solar eclipse's successor, the total solar eclipse of Monday, June 20, 1955, ranked as Saros series 136's longest total solar eclipse.

The Northern Hemisphere's partial solar eclipse on Tuesday, July 30, 2622, will close Saros series 136's lineup of 71 solar eclipses: Eclipse map/figure/table/predictions courtesy of Fred Espenak, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, from eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov: No copyright, via NASA Eclipse Web Site

Acknowledgment

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The Southern Hemisphere's partial solar eclipse on June 14, 1360, opened Saros series 136's lineup of 71 solar eclipses; credit: Eclipse map/figure/table/predictions courtesy of Fred Espenak, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, from eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov: No copyright, via NASA Eclipse Web Site @ https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/5MCSEmap/1301-1400/1360-06-14.gif

The Northern Hemisphere's partial solar eclipse on Tuesday, July 30, 2622, will close Saros series 136's lineup of 71 solar eclipses: Eclipse map/figure/table/predictions courtesy of Fred Espenak, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, from eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov: No copyright, via NASA Eclipse Web Site @ https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/5MCSEmap/2601-2700/2622-07-30.gif

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Available @ https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/5MCSEmap/1301-1400/1360-06-14.gif

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