Solar eclipse of April 28, 1949
Solar eclipse of April 28, 1949 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Partial |
Gamma | 1.2068 |
Magnitude | 0.6092 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Coordinates | 61°54′N 55°42′W / 61.9°N 55.7°W |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 7:48:53 |
References | |
Saros | 147 (19 of 80) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9396 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Thursday, April 28, 1949, with a magnitude of 0.6092. 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.
Related eclipses
Eclipses in 1949
- A total lunar eclipse on April 13, 1949.
- A partial solar eclipse on April 28, 1949.
- A total lunar eclipse on October 7, 1949.
- A partial solar eclipse on October 21, 1949.
Metonic
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 9, 1945
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 14, 1953
Tzolkinex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 16, 1942
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 8, 1956
Half-Saros
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of April 22, 1940
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 3, 1958
Tritos
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 29, 1938
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 27, 1960
Solar Saros 147
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 18, 1931
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 9, 1967
Inex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 18, 1920
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 7, 1978
Triad
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 27, 1862
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 27, 2036
Solar eclipses of 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]
The partial solar eclipses on January 3, 1946 and June 29, 1946 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.
Solar eclipse series sets from 1946 to 1949 | ||||||
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Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
117 | May 30, 1946 Partial |
−1.0711 | 122 | November 23, 1946 Partial |
1.105 | |
127 | May 20, 1947 Total |
−0.3528 | 132 | November 12, 1947 Annular |
0.3743 | |
137 | May 9, 1948 Annular |
0.4133 | 142 | November 1, 1948 Total |
−0.3517 | |
147 | April 28, 1949 Partial |
1.2068 | 152 | October 21, 1949 Partial |
−1.027 |
Saros 147
This eclipse is a part of Saros series 147, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 80 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on October 12, 1624. It contains annular eclipses from May 31, 2003 through July 31, 2706. There are no hybrid or total eclipses in this set. The series ends at member 80 as a partial eclipse on February 24, 3049. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.
The longest duration of annularity will be produced by member 38 at 9 minutes, 41 seconds on November 21, 2291. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.[2]
Series members 11–32 occur between 1801 and 2200: | ||
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11 | 12 | 13 |
January 30, 1805 |
February 11, 1823 |
February 21, 1841 |
14 | 15 | 16 |
March 4, 1859 |
March 15, 1877 |
March 26, 1895 |
17 | 18 | 19 |
April 6, 1913 |
April 18, 1931 |
April 28, 1949 |
20 | 21 | 22 |
May 9, 1967 |
May 19, 1985 |
May 31, 2003 |
23 | 24 | 25 |
June 10, 2021 |
June 21, 2039 |
July 1, 2057 |
26 | 27 | 28 |
July 13, 2075 |
July 23, 2093 |
August 4, 2111 |
29 | 30 | 31 |
August 15, 2129 |
August 26, 2147 |
September 5, 2165 |
32 | ||
September 16, 2183 |
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.
- ^ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 147". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
External links
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC