title: Solar eclipse of August 30, 1924
text: # Solar eclipse of August 30, 1924
  
  A partial solar eclipse occurred on August 30, 1924. 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 1921–1924
  
  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 1921–1924 :
  
  | Descending node | Descending node | Ascending node | Ascending node |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 118 | April 8, 1921 Annular | 123 | October 1, 1921 Total |
  | 128 | March 28, 1922 Annular | 133 | September 21, 1922 Total |
  | 138 | March 17, 1923 Annular | 143 | September 10, 1923 Total |
  | 148 | March 5, 1924 Partial | 153 | August 30, 1924 Partial |
  