Solar eclipse of April 19, 1939

An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Wednesday, April 19, 1939, with a magnitude of 0.9731. 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide.

This annular eclipse is notable in that the path of annularity passed over the North Pole. Land covered in the path include part of Alaska, Canada, and Franz Josef Land, Ushakov Island and Vize Island in the Soviet Union (today's Russia). This was the umbral eclipse number 56 out of 57 of Solar Saros 118, this is the last central solar eclipse, and the penultimate umbral eclipse, with last (ultimate) in 1957.

Eclipses in 1939

 * An annular solar eclipse on April 19, 1939.
 * A total lunar eclipse on May 3, 1939.
 * A total solar eclipse on October 12, 1939.
 * A partial lunar eclipse on October 28, 1939.

Metonic

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 30, 1935
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 4, 1943

Tzolkinex

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 7, 1932
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 30, 1946

Half-Saros

 * Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of April 13, 1930
 * Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 23, 1948

Tritos

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 19, 1928
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 18, 1950

Solar Saros 118

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 8, 1921
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 30, 1957

Inex

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 9, 1910
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 28, 1968

Triad

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 17, 1852
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 17, 2026