Solar eclipse of January 3, 1946
Solar eclipse of January 3, 1946 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Partial |
Gamma | −1.2392 |
Magnitude | 0.5529 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Coordinates | 67°06′S 177°36′E / 67.1°S 177.6°E |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 12:16:11 |
References | |
Saros | 150 (13 of 71) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9388 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred on January 3, 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 1942-1946
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]
Note: The partial solar eclipse on September 10, 1942 occurs in the previous lunar year eclipse set.
Solar eclipse series sets from 1942 to 1946 | ||||
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Ascending node | Descending node | |||
115 | August 12, 1942 Partial |
120 | February 4, 1943 Total | |
125 | August 1, 1943 Annular |
130 | January 25, 1944 Total | |
135 | July 20, 1944 Annular |
140 | January 14, 1945 Annular | |
145 | July 9, 1945 Total |
150 | January 3, 1946 Partial | |
155 | June 29, 1946 Partial |
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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