Solar eclipse of October 21, 1949

Solar eclipse of October 21, 1949
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Partial
Gamma -1.027
Magnitude 0.9638
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates 61°30′S 107°30′E / 61.5°S 107.5°E / -61.5; 107.5
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 21:13:01
References
Saros 152 (9 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9397

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 eclipses 1946-1949

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.

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

Partial

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