Solar eclipse of January 3, 1946

Solar eclipse of January 3, 1946
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Partial
Gamma -1.2392
Magnitude 0.5529
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates 67°06′S 177°36′E / 67.1°S 177.6°E / -67.1; 177.6
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 12:16:11
References
Saros 150 (13 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9388

A partial solar eclipse occurred on January 3, 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 eclipses 1942-1946

Each member 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.

Note: The partial solar eclipse on September 10, 1942 occurs in the previous lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1942-1946
Ascending node   Descending node
115August 12, 1942

Partial
120February 4, 1943

Total
125August 1, 1943

Annular
130January 25, 1944

Total
135July 20, 1944

Annular
140January 14, 1945

Annular
145July 9, 1945

Total
150January 3, 1946

Partial
155June 29, 1946

Partial

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