Solar eclipse of September 12, 1950
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| Solar eclipse of September 12, 1950 | |
|---|---|
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Total |
| Gamma | 0.8903 |
| Magnitude | 1.0182 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 1m 14s |
| Coordinates | 54.8N 172.3E |
| Max. width of band | 134 km |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 3:38:47 |
| References | |
| Saros | 124 (51 of 73) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9399 |
A total solar eclipse occurred on September 12, 1950. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partially obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across the surface of the Earth, while a partial solar eclipse will be visible over a region thousands of kilometres wide.
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Related eclipses [edit]
Solar eclipses of 1950-1953 [edit]
Each member 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.
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
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| Saros | Map | Saros | Map | |||
| 119 | March 18, 1950 Annular |
124 | September 12, 1950 Total |
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| 129 | March 7, 1951 Annular |
134 | September 1, 1951 Annular |
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| 139 | February 25, 1952 Total |
144 | August 20, 1952 Annular |
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| 149 | February 14, 1953 Partial |
154 | August 9, 1953 Partial |
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| Solar eclipse of July 11, 1953 belongs to the next lunar year set | ||||||
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References [edit]
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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