Solar eclipse of January 3, 1946

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.

Solar eclipse of January 3, 1946
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma-1.2392
Magnitude0.5529
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates67.1°S 177.6°E / -67.1; 177.6
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse12:16:11
References
Saros150 (13 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)9388

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.

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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