title: Solar eclipse of May 29, 1938
text: # Solar eclipse of May 29, 1938
  
  A total solar eclipse occurred on May 29, 1938. 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 total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent 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.
  
  This was the first of 41 umbral eclipses of Solar Saros 146. The first was in 1938 and the last will be in 2659. The total duration is 721 years.
  
  ## Related eclipses
  
  ### Solar eclipses 1935–1938
  
  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 1935–1938 :
  
  | Ascending node | Ascending node | Descending node | Descending node |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 111 | January 5, 1935 Partial | 116 | June 30, 1935 Partial |
  | 121 | December 25, 1935 Annular | 126 | June 19, 1936 Total |
  | 131 | December 13, 1936 Annular | 136 | June 8, 1937 Total |
  | 141 | December 2, 1937 Annular | 146 | May 29, 1938 Total |
  | 151 | November 21, 1938 Partial |
  
  ### Saros 146
  
  It is a part of Saros cycle 146, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 76 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on September 19, 1541. It contains total eclipses from May 29, 1938 through October 7, 2154, hybrid eclipses from October 17, 2172 through November 20, 2226, and annular eclipses from December 1, 2244 through August 10, 2659. The series ends at member 76 as a partial eclipse on December 29, 2893. The longest duration of totality was 5 minutes, 21 seconds on June 30, 1992.
  
  Series members 21-37 occur between 1901 and 2200: :
  
  | 21 | 22 | 23 |
  | - | - | - |
  | May 7, 1902 | May 18, 1920 | May 29, 1938 |
  | 24 | 25 | 26 |
  | June 8, 1956 | June 20, 1974 | June 30, 1992 |
  | 27 | 28 | 29 |
  | July 11, 2010 | July 22, 2028 | August 2, 2046 |
  | 30 | 31 | 32 |
  | August 12, 2064 | August 24, 2082 | September 4, 2100 |
  | 33 | 34 | 35 |
  | September 15, 2118 | September 26, 2136 | October 7, 2154 |
  | 36 | 37 |
  | October 17, 2172 | October 29, 2190 |
  