Solar eclipse of December 2, 1956

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Solar eclipse of December 2, 1956
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Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma 1.0923
Magnitude 0.8047
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates 67°54′N64°36′E / 67.9°N 64.6°E / 67.9; 64.6
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse8:00:35
References
Saros 151 (11 of 72)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9413

A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Sunday, December 2, 1956, with a magnitude of 0.8047. 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.

Contents

Eclipses in 1956

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 151

Inex

Triad

Solar eclipses of 1953–1956

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 February 14, 1953 and August 9, 1953 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1953 to 1956
Descending node Ascending node
SarosMapGammaSarosMapGamma
116 July 11, 1953
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Partial
1.4388121 January 5, 1954
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Annular
−0.9296
126 June 30, 1954
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Total
0.6135131 December 25, 1954
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Annular
−0.2576
136 June 20, 1955
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Total
−0.1528141 December 14, 1955
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Annular
0.4266
146 June 8, 1956
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Total
−0.8934151 December 2, 1956
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Partial
1.0923

Saros 151

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 151, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 72 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on August 14, 1776. It contains annular eclipses from February 28, 2101 through April 23, 2191; a hybrid eclipse on May 5, 2209; and total eclipses from May 16, 2227 through July 6, 2912. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on October 1, 3056. 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 19 at 2 minutes, 44 seconds on February 28, 2101, and the longest duration of totality will be produced by member 60 at 5 minutes, 41 seconds on May 22, 2840. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit. [2]

Series members 3–24 occur between 1801 and 2200:
345
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September 5, 1812
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September 17, 1830
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September 27, 1848
678
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October 8, 1866
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October 19, 1884
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October 31, 1902
91011
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November 10, 1920
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November 21, 1938
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December 2, 1956
121314
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December 13, 1974
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December 24, 1992
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January 4, 2011
151617
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January 14, 2029
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January 26, 2047
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February 5, 2065
181920
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February 16, 2083
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February 28, 2101
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March 11, 2119
212223
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March 21, 2137
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April 2, 2155
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April 12, 2173
24
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April 23, 2191

Metonic series

The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's ascending node.

22 eclipse events between December 2, 1880 and July 9, 1964
December 2–3September 20–21July 9–10April 26–28February 13–14
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December 2, 1880
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July 9, 1888
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April 26, 1892
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February 13, 1896
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December 3, 1899
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September 21, 1903
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July 10, 1907
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April 28, 1911
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February 14, 1915
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December 3, 1918
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September 21, 1922
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July 9, 1926
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April 28, 1930
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February 14, 1934
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December 2, 1937
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September 21, 1941
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July 9, 1945
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April 28, 1949
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February 14, 1953
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December 2, 1956
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September 20, 1960
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July 9, 1964

Tritos series

This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

The partial solar eclipse on October 24, 2098 (part of Saros 164) is also a part of this series but is not included in the table below.

Series members between 1801 and 2011
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February 11, 1804
(Saros 137)
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January 10, 1815
(Saros 138)
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December 9, 1825
(Saros 139)
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November 9, 1836
(Saros 140)
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October 9, 1847
(Saros 141)
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September 7, 1858
(Saros 142)
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August 7, 1869
(Saros 143)
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July 7, 1880
(Saros 144)
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June 6, 1891
(Saros 145)
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May 7, 1902
(Saros 146)
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April 6, 1913
(Saros 147)
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March 5, 1924
(Saros 148)
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February 3, 1935
(Saros 149)
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January 3, 1946
(Saros 150)
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December 2, 1956
(Saros 151)
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November 2, 1967
(Saros 152)
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October 2, 1978
(Saros 153)
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August 31, 1989
(Saros 154)
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July 31, 2000
(Saros 155)
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July 1, 2011
(Saros 156)

Inex series

This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Series members between 1801 and 2200
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March 13, 1812
(Saros 146)
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February 21, 1841
(Saros 147)
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January 31, 1870
(Saros 148)
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January 11, 1899
(Saros 149)
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December 24, 1927
(Saros 150)
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December 2, 1956
(Saros 151)
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November 12, 1985
(Saros 152)
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October 23, 2014
(Saros 153)
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October 3, 2043
(Saros 154)
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September 12, 2072
(Saros 155)
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August 24, 2101
(Saros 156)
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August 4, 2130
(Saros 157)
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July 15, 2159
(Saros 158)
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June 24, 2188
(Saros 159)

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