Solar eclipse of October 21, 1949
A partial solar eclipse occurred on October 21, 1949. 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 October 21, 1949 | |
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Map | |
Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Partial |
Gamma | -1.027 |
Magnitude | 0.9638 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Coordinates | 61.5°S 107.5°E |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 21:13:01 |
References | |
Saros | 152 (9 of 70) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9397 |
Related eclipses
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]
Ascending node | Descending node | |||
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117 | May 30, 1946 Partial |
122 | November 23, 1946 Partial | |
127 | May 20, 1947 Total |
132 | November 12, 1947 Annular | |
137 | May 9, 1948 Annular |
142 | November 1, 1948 Total | |
147 | April 28, 1949 Partial |
152 | October 21, 1949 Partial |
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References
- 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.
External links
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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