Solar eclipse of October 21, 1949
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma−1.027
Magnitude0.9638
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates61°30′S 107°30′E / 61.5°S 107.5°E / -61.5; 107.5
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse21:13:01
References
Saros152 (9 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000)9397

A partial solar eclipse occurred on Friday, 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

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
1171946 May 30

Partial
1221946 November 23

Partial
1271947 May 20

Total
1321947 November 12

Annular
1371948 May 9

Annular
1421948 November 1

Total
1471949 April 28

Partial
1521949 October 21

Partial

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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