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
117May 30, 1946

Partial		 122November 23, 1946

Partial
127May 20, 1947

Total		 132November 12, 1947

Annular
137May 9, 1948

Annular		 142November 1, 1948

Total
147April 28, 1949

Partial		 152October 21, 1949

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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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