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.
| Solar eclipse of December 2, 1956 | |
|---|---|
 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 |
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 to 1956 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
| 116 |  1953 July 11 Partial | 1.43882 | 121 |  1954 January 5 Annular | -0.92960 | |
| 126 |  1954 June 30 Total | 0.61345 | 131 |  1954 December 25 Annular | -0.25762 | |
| 136 |  1955 June 20 Total | -0.15278 | 141 |  1955 December 14 Annular | 0.42658 | |
| 146 |  1956 June 8 Total | -0.89341 | 151 | 1956 December 2 Partial | 1.09229 | |
References
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
