Solar eclipse of July 20, 1944

An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Thursday, July 20, 1944, with a magnitude of 0.97. 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. Annularity was visible from British Uganda (today's Uganda), Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (the part now belonging to South Sudan), British Kenya (today's Kenya), Ethiopia, British Somaliland (today's Somalia), British Raj (the part now belonging to India), Burma, Thailand, French Indochina (the parts now belonging to Laos and Vietnam), Philippines, South Seas Mandate in Japan (the part now belonging to Hatohobei, Palau) the Territory of New Guinea (now belonging to Papua New Guinea).

Eclipses in 1944

 * A total solar eclipse on January 25, 1944.
 * A penumbral lunar eclipse on February 9, 1944.
 * A penumbral lunar eclipse on July 6, 1944.
 * An annular solar eclipse on July 20, 1944.
 * A penumbral lunar eclipse on August 4, 1944.
 * A penumbral lunar eclipse on December 29, 1944.

Metonic

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 1, 1940
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 9, 1948

Tzolkinex

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 8, 1937
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 1, 1951

Half-Saros

 * Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of July 16, 1935
 * Followed by: Lunar eclipse of July 26, 1953

Tritos

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 21, 1933
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 20, 1955

Solar Saros 135

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 9, 1926
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 31, 1962

Inex

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 10, 1915
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 30, 1973

Triad

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 18, 1857
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 21, 2031