Solar eclipse of May 30, 1946

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.

Solar eclipse of May 30, 1946
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma−1.0711
Magnitude0.8865
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates64.1°S 101°W / -64.1; -101
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse21:00:24
References
Saros117 (65 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)9390

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]

Solar eclipse series sets from 1946–1949
Ascending node   Descending node
1171946 May 30

Partial
1221946 November 23

Partial
1271947 May 20

Total
1321947 November 12

Annular
1371948 May 9

Annular
1421948 November 1

Total
1471949 April 28

Partial
1521949 October 21

Partial

References

  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.
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