Solar eclipse of May 30, 1946
Solar eclipse of May 30, 1946 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Partial |
Gamma | −1.0711 |
Magnitude | 0.8865 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Coordinates | 64°06′S 101°00′W / 64.1°S 101°W |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 21:00:24 |
References | |
Saros | 117 (65 of 71) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9390 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred on May 30, 1946. 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[edit]
Solar eclipses 1946–1949[edit]
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.[1]
Solar eclipse series sets from 1946 to 1949 | ||||||
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Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
117 | 1946 May 30![]() Partial |
-1.07105 | 122 | 1946 November 23![]() Partial |
1.10500 | |
127 | 1947 May 20![]() Total |
-0.35279 | 132 | 1947 November 12![]() Annular |
0.37431 | |
137 | 1948 May 9![]() Annular |
0.41332 | 142 | 1948 November 1![]() Total |
-0.35172 | |
147 | 1949 April 28![]() Partial |
1.20682 | 152 | 1949 October 21![]() Partial |
-1.02696 |
References[edit]
- ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
External links[edit]
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC