title: Solar eclipse of September 12, 1931
text: # Solar eclipse of September 12, 1931
  
  A partial solar eclipse occurred on September 12, 1931. 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 and final event from Solar Saros 114. It started in 651 AD and ended in 1931.
  
  ## Related eclipses
  
  ### Solar eclipses 1931–1935
  
  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.
  
  Solar eclipse series sets from 1931–1935 :
  
  | Descending node | Descending node | Ascending node | Ascending node |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 114 | September 12, 1931 Partial | 119 | March 7, 1932 Annular |
  | 124 | August 31, 1932 Total | 129 | February 24, 1933 Annular |
  | 134 | August 21, 1933 Annular | 139 | February 14, 1934 Total |
  | 144 | August 10, 1934 Annular | 149 | February 3, 1935 Partial |
  | 154 | July 30, 1935 Partial |
  
  ### 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 September 12, 1931 and July 1, 2011. :
  
  | September 11-12 | June 30-July 1 | April 17-19 | February 4-5 | November 22-23 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 114 | 116 | 118 | 120 | 122 |
  | September 12, 1931 | June 30, 1935 | April 19, 1939 | February 4, 1943 | November 23, 1946 |
  | 124 | 126 | 128 | 130 | 132 |
  | September 12, 1950 | June 30, 1954 | April 19, 1958 | February 5, 1962 | November 23, 1965 |
  | 134 | 136 | 138 | 140 | 142 |
  | September 11, 1969 | June 30, 1973 | April 18, 1977 | February 4, 1981 | November 22, 1984 |
  | 144 | 146 | 148 | 150 | 152 |
  | September 11, 1988 | June 30, 1992 | April 17, 1996 | February 5, 2000 | November 23, 2003 |
  | 154 | 156 |
  | September 11, 2007 | July 1, 2011 |
  