Solar eclipse of October 12, 1958
Solar eclipse of October 12, 1958 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Total |
Gamma | −0.2951 |
Magnitude | 1.0608 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 311 s (5 min 11 s) |
Coordinates | 24°00′S 142°24′W / 24°S 142.4°W |
Max. width of band | 209 km (130 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 20:55:28 |
References | |
Saros | 133 (42 of 72) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9417 |
A total solar eclipse occurred on October 12, 1958. 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 total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. Totality was visible in Tokelau, Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Chile and Argentina.
Related eclipses
Solar eclipses of 1957-1960
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 1957 to 1960 | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
118 | April 30, 1957![]() Annular (non-central) |
0.9992 | 123 | October 23, 1957![]() Total (non-central) |
1.0022 | |
128 | April 19, 1958![]() Annular |
0.275 | 133 | October 12, 1958![]() Total |
−0.2951 | |
138 | April 8, 1959![]() Annular |
−0.4546 | 143 | October 2, 1959![]() Total |
0.4207 | |
148 | March 27, 1960![]() Partial |
−1.1537 | 153 | September 20, 1960![]() Partial |
1.2057 |
Saros 133
This eclipse is a part of Saros series 133, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 72 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on July 13, 1219. It contains annular eclipses from November 20, 1435 through January 13, 1526; a hybrid eclipse on January 24, 1544; and total eclipses from February 3, 1562 through June 21, 2373. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on September 5, 2499. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.
The longest duration of annularity was produced by member 25 at 1 minutes, 14 seconds on November 30, 1453, and the longest duration of totality was produced by member 61 at 6 minutes, 50 seconds on August 7, 1850. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.[2]
Series members 34–55 occur between 1801 and 2200: | ||
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34 | 35 | 36 |
![]() July 17, 1814 |
![]() July 27, 1832 |
![]() August 7, 1850 |
37 | 38 | 39 |
![]() August 18, 1868 |
![]() August 29, 1886 |
![]() September 9, 1904 |
40 | 41 | 42 |
![]() September 21, 1922 |
![]() October 1, 1940 |
![]() October 12, 1958 |
43 | 44 | 45 |
![]() October 23, 1976 |
![]() November 3, 1994 |
![]() November 13, 2012 |
46 | 47 | 48 |
![]() November 25, 2030 |
![]() December 5, 2048 |
![]() December 17, 2066 |
49 | 50 | 51 |
![]() December 27, 2084 |
![]() January 8, 2103 |
![]() January 19, 2121 |
52 | 53 | 54 |
![]() January 30, 2139 |
![]() February 9, 2157 |
![]() February 21, 2175 |
55 | ||
![]() March 3, 2193 |
Tritos series
This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
Series members between 1801 and 2200 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() December 21, 1805 (Saros 119) |
![]() November 19, 1816 (Saros 120) |
![]() October 20, 1827 (Saros 121) |
![]() September 18, 1838 (Saros 122) |
![]() August 18, 1849 (Saros 123) |
![]() July 18, 1860 (Saros 124) |
![]() June 18, 1871 (Saros 125) |
![]() May 17, 1882 (Saros 126) |
![]() April 16, 1893 (Saros 127) |
![]() March 17, 1904 (Saros 128) |
![]() February 14, 1915 (Saros 129) |
![]() January 14, 1926 (Saros 130) |
![]() December 13, 1936 (Saros 131) |
![]() November 12, 1947 (Saros 132) |
![]() October 12, 1958 (Saros 133) |
![]() September 11, 1969 (Saros 134) |
![]() August 10, 1980 (Saros 135) |
![]() July 11, 1991 (Saros 136) |
![]() June 10, 2002 (Saros 137) |
![]() May 10, 2013 (Saros 138) |
![]() April 8, 2024 (Saros 139) |
![]() March 9, 2035 (Saros 140) |
![]() February 5, 2046 (Saros 141) |
![]() January 5, 2057 (Saros 142) |
![]() December 6, 2067 (Saros 143) |
![]() November 4, 2078 (Saros 144) |
![]() October 4, 2089 (Saros 145) |
![]() September 4, 2100 (Saros 146) |
![]() August 4, 2111 (Saros 147) |
![]() July 4, 2122 (Saros 148) |
![]() June 3, 2133 (Saros 149) |
![]() May 3, 2144 (Saros 150) |
![]() April 2, 2155 (Saros 151) |
![]() March 2, 2166 (Saros 152) |
![]() January 29, 2177 (Saros 153) |
![]() December 29, 2187 (Saros 154) |
![]() November 28, 2198 (Saros 155) |
Metonic series
The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's ascending node.
22 eclipse events between December 24, 1916 and July 31, 2000 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
December 24–25 | October 12 | July 31–August 1 | May 19–20 | March 7 |
111 | 113 | 115 | 117 | 119 |
![]() December 24, 1916 |
![]() July 31, 1924 |
![]() May 19, 1928 |
![]() March 7, 1932 | |
121 | 123 | 125 | 127 | 129 |
![]() December 25, 1935 |
![]() October 12, 1939 |
![]() August 1, 1943 |
![]() May 20, 1947 |
![]() March 7, 1951 |
131 | 133 | 135 | 137 | 139 |
![]() December 25, 1954 |
![]() October 12, 1958 |
![]() July 31, 1962 |
![]() May 20, 1966 |
![]() March 7, 1970 |
141 | 143 | 145 | 147 | 149 |
![]() December 24, 1973 |
![]() October 12, 1977 |
![]() July 31, 1981 |
![]() May 19, 1985 |
![]() March 7, 1989 |
151 | 153 | 155 | ||
![]() December 24, 1992 |
![]() October 12, 1996 |
![]() July 31, 2000 |
Notes
- ^ 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.
- ^ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 133". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
References
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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