Solar eclipse of May 30, 1946
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| Solar eclipse of May 30, 1946 | |
|---|---|
 Map | |
| 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
Solar eclipses 1946–1949
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]
The partial solar eclipses on January 3, 1946 and June 29, 1946 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.
| Solar eclipse series sets from 1946 to 1949 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
| 117 | May 30, 1946 Partial |
−1.0711 | 122 | November 23, 1946 Partial |
1.105 | |
| 127 | May 20, 1947 Total |
−0.3528 | 132 | November 12, 1947 Annular |
0.3743 | |
| 137 | May 9, 1948 Annular |
0.4133 | 142 | November 1, 1948 Total |
−0.3517 | |
| 147 | April 28, 1949 Partial |
1.2068 | 152 | October 21, 1949 Partial |
−1.027 | |
References
- ^ 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
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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