| Total eclipse | |
 Map | |
| Gamma | 0.4868 |
|---|---|
| Magnitude | 1.0321 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 173 s (2 min 53 s) |
| Coordinates | 13°12′N161°42′E / 13.2°N 161.7°E /13.2; 161.7 |
| Max. width of band | 123 km (76 mi) |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 0:38:41 |
| References | |
| Saros | 139 (25 of 71) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9360 |
A totalsolar eclipse occurred at the Moon'sascending node of orbit between Tuesday, February 13 and Wednesday, February 14, 1934,[1] with amagnitude of 1.0321. Asolar eclipse occurs when theMoon passes betweenEarth and theSun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon'sapparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring only 1.6 days afterperigee (on February 12, 1934, at 11:20 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.[2]
Totality was visible from theDutch East Indies (today'sIndonesia),Raj of Sarawak (now belonging toMalaysia), and theSouth Seas Mandate ofJapan (the part now belonging toFS Micronesia). A partial eclipse was visible for parts ofEast Asia,Southeast Asia,Australia, northernOceania,Hawaii, and westernNorth America.
The date of this eclipse visible from Asia, February 14, was alsoLunar New Year celebrated in multiple countries.
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.[3]
| Event | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|
| First Penumbral External Contact | 1934 February 13 at 22:05:29.4 UTC |
| First Umbral External Contact | 1934 February 13 at 23:06:39.1 UTC |
| First Central Line | 1934 February 13 at 23:07:11.7 UTC |
| First Umbral Internal Contact | 1934 February 13 at 23:07:44.4 UTC |
| Greatest Duration | 1934 February 14 at 00:33:36.8 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse | 1934 February 14 at 00:38:41.4 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 1934 February 14 at 00:43:45.3 UTC |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 1934 February 14 at 01:02:37.9 UTC |
| Last Umbral Internal Contact | 1934 February 14 at 02:09:25.3 UTC |
| Last Central Line | 1934 February 14 at 02:09:56.3 UTC |
| Last Umbral External Contact | 1934 February 14 at 02:10:27.3 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 1934 February 14 at 03:11:47.3 UTC |
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Eclipse Magnitude | 1.03214 |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 1.06531 |
| Gamma | 0.48681 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 21h47m44.9s |
| Sun Declination | -13°18'50.8" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 16'11.6" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.9" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 21h46m53.7s |
| Moon Declination | -12°52'16.3" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 16'28.2" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 1°00'26.8" |
| ΔT | 23.9 s |
This eclipse is part of aneclipse 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 afortnight.
| January 30 Descending node (full moon) | February 14 Ascending node (new moon) |
|---|---|
 | |
| Partial lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 113 | Total solar eclipse Solar Saros 139 |
This eclipse is a member of asemester series. An eclipse in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternatingnodes of the Moon's orbit.[4]
The partial solar eclipses onApril 18, 1931 andOctober 11, 1931 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set, and the solar eclipses onJanuary 5, 1935 (partial),June 30, 1935 (partial), andDecember 25, 1935 (annular) occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.
| Solar eclipse series sets from 1931 to 1935 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
| 114 | September 12, 1931 Partial | 1.506 | 119 | March 7, 1932 Annular | −0.9673 | |
| 124 | August 31, 1932 Total | 0.8307 | 129 | February 24, 1933 Annular | −0.2191 | |
| 134 | August 21, 1933 Annular | 0.0869 | 139 | February 14, 1934 Total | 0.4868 | |
| 144 | August 10, 1934 Annular | −0.689 | 149 | February 3, 1935 Partial | 1.1438 | |
| 154 | July 30, 1935 Partial | −1.4259 | ||||
This eclipse is a part ofSaros series 139, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on May 17, 1501. It contains hybrid eclipses from August 11, 1627 through December 9, 1825 and total eclipses from December 21, 1843 through March 26, 2601. There are no annular eclipses in this set. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on July 3, 2763. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is oneexeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.
The longest duration of totality will be produced by member 61 at 7 minutes, 29.22 seconds onJuly 16, 2186. This date is the longest solar eclipse computed between 4000 BC and AD 6000.[5] All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’sascending node of orbit.[6]
| Series members 18–39 occur between 1801 and 2200: | ||
|---|---|---|
| 18 | 19 | 20 |
 November 29, 1807 |  December 9, 1825 |  December 21, 1843 |
| 21 | 22 | 23 |
 December 31, 1861 |  January 11, 1880 |  January 22, 1898 |
| 24 | 25 | 26 |
 February 3, 1916 | February 14, 1934 |  February 25, 1952 |
| 27 | 28 | 29 |
 March 7, 1970 |  March 18, 1988 |  March 29, 2006 |
| 30 | 31 | 32 |
 April 8, 2024 |  April 20, 2042 |  April 30, 2060 |
| 33 | 34 | 35 |
 May 11, 2078 |  May 22, 2096 |  June 3, 2114 |
| 36 | 37 | 38 |
 June 13, 2132 |  June 25, 2150 |  July 5, 2168 |
| 39 | ||
 July 16, 2186 | ||
Themetonic 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 ascending node.
| 22 eclipse events between December 2, 1880 and July 9, 1964 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2–3 | September 20–21 | July 9–10 | April 26–28 | February 13–14 |
| 111 | 113 | 115 | 117 | 119 |
 December 2, 1880 |  July 9, 1888 |  April 26, 1892 |  February 13, 1896 | |
| 121 | 123 | 125 | 127 | 129 |
 December 3, 1899 |  September 21, 1903 |  July 10, 1907 |  April 28, 1911 |  February 14, 1915 |
| 131 | 133 | 135 | 137 | 139 |
 December 3, 1918 |  September 21, 1922 |  July 9, 1926 |  April 28, 1930 | February 14, 1934 |
| 141 | 143 | 145 | 147 | 149 |
 December 2, 1937 |  September 21, 1941 |  July 9, 1945 |  April 28, 1949 |  February 14, 1953 |
| 151 | 153 | 155 | ||
 December 2, 1956 |  September 20, 1960 |  July 9, 1964 | ||
This eclipse is a part of atritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with theanomalistic 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.
| Series members between 1801 and 2200 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 February 21, 1803 (Saros 127) |  January 21, 1814 (Saros 128) |  December 20, 1824 (Saros 129) |  November 20, 1835 (Saros 130) |  October 20, 1846 (Saros 131) |
 September 18, 1857 (Saros 132) |  August 18, 1868 (Saros 133) |  July 19, 1879 (Saros 134) |  June 17, 1890 (Saros 135) |  May 18, 1901 (Saros 136) |
 April 17, 1912 (Saros 137) |  March 17, 1923 (Saros 138) | February 14, 1934 (Saros 139) |  January 14, 1945 (Saros 140) |  December 14, 1955 (Saros 141) |
 November 12, 1966 (Saros 142) |  October 12, 1977 (Saros 143) |  September 11, 1988 (Saros 144) |  August 11, 1999 (Saros 145) |  July 11, 2010 (Saros 146) |
 June 10, 2021 (Saros 147) |  May 9, 2032 (Saros 148) |  April 9, 2043 (Saros 149) |  March 9, 2054 (Saros 150) |  February 5, 2065 (Saros 151) |
 January 6, 2076 (Saros 152) |  December 6, 2086 (Saros 153) |  November 4, 2097 (Saros 154) |  October 5, 2108 (Saros 155) |  September 5, 2119 (Saros 156) |
 August 4, 2130 (Saros 157) |  July 3, 2141 (Saros 158) |  June 3, 2152 (Saros 159) |  April 1, 2174 (Saros 161) | |
This eclipse is a part of the long periodinex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with theanomalistic 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 5, 1818 (Saros 135) |  April 15, 1847 (Saros 136) |  March 25, 1876 (Saros 137) |
 March 6, 1905 (Saros 138) | February 14, 1934 (Saros 139) |  January 25, 1963 (Saros 140) |
 January 4, 1992 (Saros 141) |  December 14, 2020 (Saros 142) |  November 25, 2049 (Saros 143) |
 November 4, 2078 (Saros 144) |  October 16, 2107 (Saros 145) |  September 26, 2136 (Saros 146) |
 September 5, 2165 (Saros 147) |  August 16, 2194 (Saros 148) | |
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