title: Solar eclipse of November 12, 1928
text: # Solar eclipse of November 12, 1928
  
  A partial solar eclipse occurred on November 12, 1928. 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.
  
  ## Related eclipses
  
  ### Solar eclipses 1928–1931
  
  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 1928–1931 :
  
  | Ascending node | Ascending node | Descending node | Descending node |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 117 | May 19, 1928 Total (non-central) | 122 | November 12, 1928 Partial |
  | 127 | May 9, 1929 Total | 132 | November 1, 1929 Annular |
  | 137 | April 28, 1930 Hybrid | 142 | October 21, 1930 Total |
  | 147 | April 18, 1931 Partial | 152 | October 11, 1931 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).
  
  22 eclipse events, progressing from north to south between April 8, 1902 and August 31, 1989: :
  
  | April 7–8 | January 24–25 | November 12 | August 31-September 1 | June 19–20 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 108 | | | 114 | 116 |
  | April 8, 1902 | | | August 31, 1913 | June 19, 1917 |
  | 118 | 120 | 122 | 124 | 126 |
  | April 8, 1921 | January 24, 1925 | November 12, 1928 | August 31, 1932 | June 19, 1936 |
  | 128 | 130 | 132 | 134 | 136 |
  | April 7, 1940 | January 25, 1944 | November 12, 1947 | September 1, 1951 | June 20, 1955 |
  | 138 | 140 | 142 | 144 | 146 |
  | April 8, 1959 | January 25, 1963 | November 12, 1966 | August 31, 1970 | June 20, 1974 |
  | 148 | 150 | 152 | 154 |
  | April 7, 1978 | January 25, 1982 | November 12, 1985 | August 31, 1989 |
  