A partial solar eclipse occurred on June 29, 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 June 29, 1946 | |
|---|---|
 Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Partial |
| Gamma | 1.4361 |
| Magnitude | 0.1802 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Coordinates | 66°36′N 50°48′W / 66.6°N 50.8°W |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 3:51:58 |
| References | |
| Saros | 155 (2 of 71) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9389 |
Related eclipses
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.
| Solar eclipse series sets from 1942 to 1946 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||
| 115 | August 12, 1942 Partial | 120 | February 4, 1943 Total | |
| 125 | August 1, 1943 Annular | 130 | January 25, 1944 Total | |
| 135 | July 20, 1944 Annular | 140 | January 14, 1945 Annular | |
| 145 | July 9, 1945 Total | 150 | January 3, 1946 Partial | |
| 155 | June 29, 1946 Partial | |||
References
External links
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
