Solar eclipse of November 21, 1938
# Solar eclipse of November 21, 1938

A partial solar eclipse occurred on November 21, 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 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 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 |
