Solar eclipse of December 2, 1956
Solar eclipse of December 2, 1956 | |
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Map | |
Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Partial |
Gamma | 1.0923 |
Magnitude | 0.8047 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Coordinates | 67°54′N 64°36′E / 67.9°N 64.6°E |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 8:00:35 |
References | |
Saros | 151 (11 of 72) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9413 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred on December 2, 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 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 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 | ||||
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Descending node | Ascending node | |||
Saros | Map | Saros | Map | |
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 |
References[]
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
- ^ 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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