Solar eclipse of June 8, 1956

A total solar eclipse occurred on June 8–9, 1956. 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. It began near sunrise over New Zealand on June 9 (Saturday), and ended west of South America on June 8 (Friday).

Solar eclipse of June 8, 1956
Map
Type of eclipse
NatureTotal
Gamma−0.8934
Magnitude1.0581
Maximum eclipse
Duration285 sec (4 m 45 s)
Coordinates40.8°S 140.7°W / -40.8; -140.7
Max. width of band429 km (267 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse21:20:39
References
Saros146 (24 of 76)
Catalog # (SE5000)9412

More details

Eclipse Magnitude: 1.05810

Eclipse Obscuration: 1.11958

Gamma: -0.89341

Saros Series: 146th (24 of 76)

Greatest Eclipse: 08 Jun 1956 21:20:07.7 UTC (21:20:39.3 TD)

Ecliptic Conjunction: 08 Jun 1956 21:29:07.4 UTC (21:29:39.0 TD)

Equatorial Conjunction: 08 Jun 1856 21:20:45.9 UTC (21:21:17.5 TD)

Sun right ascension: 5.13

Moon right ascension: 5.13

Earth's shadow right ascension: 17.13

Sun declination: 22.9

Moon declination: 22

Earth's shadow declination: -22.9

Sun diameter: 1890.4 arcseconds

Moon diameter: 1985.8 arcseconds

Path Width at Greatest Eclipse: 428.7 km (266.4 mi)

Path Width at Greatest Duration: 428.7 km (266.4 mi)

Central Duration at Greatest Eclipse: 4 minutes, 44.85 seconds

Central Duration at Greatest Duration: 4 minutes, 44.86 seconds

Solar eclipses of 1953–1956

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: Partial solar eclipse of February 14, 1953 and August 9, 1953 belong to the last lunar year set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1953–1956
Descending node   Ascending node
SarosMap SarosMap
116
1953 July 11
Partial		 121
1954 January 5
Annular
126
1954 June 30
Total		 131
1954 December 25
Annular
136
1955 June 20
Total		 141
1955 December 14
Annular
146
1956 June 8
Total		 151
1956 December 2
Partial

Saros 146

It is a part of Saros cycle 146, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 76 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on September 19, 1541. It contains total eclipses from May 29, 1938, through October 7, 2154, hybrid eclipses from October 17, 2172, through November 20, 2226, and annular eclipses from December 1, 2244, through August 10, 2659. The series ends at member 76 as a partial eclipse on December 29, 2893. The longest duration of totality was 5 minutes, 21 seconds on June 30, 1992.

Notes
  1. 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.

References
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