Solar eclipse of June 8, 1956 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Total |
Gamma | −0.8934 |
Magnitude | 1.0581 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 285 s (4 min 45 s) |
Coordinates | 40°48′S140°42′W / 40.8°S 140.7°W |
Max. width of band | 429 km (267 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 21:20:39 |
References | |
Saros | 146 (24 of 76) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9412 |
A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit between Friday, June 8 and Saturday, June 9, 1956, with a magnitude of 1.0581. 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 total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. It began near sunrise over New Zealand on June 9 (Saturday), and ended west of South America on June 8 (Friday).
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 | ||||||
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Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
116 | July 11, 1953 ![]() Partial | 1.4388 | 121 | January 5, 1954 ![]() Annular | −0.9296 | |
126 | June 30, 1954 ![]() Total | 0.6135 | 131 | December 25, 1954 ![]() Annular | −0.2576 | |
136 | June 20, 1955 ![]() Total | −0.1528 | 141 | December 14, 1955 ![]() Annular | 0.4266 | |
146 | June 8, 1956 ![]() Total | −0.8934 | 151 | December 2, 1956 ![]() Partial | 1.0923 |
This eclipse is a part of Saros series 146, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 76 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on September 19, 1541. It contains total eclipses from May 29, 1938 through October 7, 2154; hybrid eclipses from October 17, 2172 through November 20, 2226; and annular eclipses from November 30, 2244 through August 10, 2659. The series ends at member 76 as a partial eclipse on December 29, 2893. 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 totality was produced by member 26 at 5 minutes, 21 seconds on June 30, 1992, and the longest duration of annularity will be produced by member 63 at 3 minutes, 30 seconds on August 10, 2659. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit. [2]
Series members 16–37 occur between 1801 and 2200: | ||
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16 | 17 | 18 |
![]() March 13, 1812 | ![]() March 24, 1830 | ![]() April 3, 1848 |
19 | 20 | 21 |
![]() April 15, 1866 | ![]() April 25, 1884 | ![]() May 7, 1902 |
22 | 23 | 24 |
![]() May 18, 1920 | ![]() May 29, 1938 | ![]() June 8, 1956 |
25 | 26 | 27 |
![]() June 20, 1974 | ![]() June 30, 1992 | ![]() July 11, 2010 |
28 | 29 | 30 |
![]() July 22, 2028 | ![]() August 2, 2046 | ![]() August 12, 2064 |
31 | 32 | 33 |
![]() August 24, 2082 | ![]() September 4, 2100 | ![]() September 15, 2118 |
34 | 35 | 36 |
![]() September 26, 2136 | ![]() October 7, 2154 | ![]() October 17, 2172 |
37 | ||
![]() October 29, 2190 |
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 descending node.
22 eclipse events between March 27, 1884 and August 20, 1971 | ||||
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March 27–29 | January 14 | November 1–2 | August 20–21 | June 8 |
108 | 110 | 112 | 114 | 116 |
![]() March 27, 1884 | ![]() August 20, 1895 | ![]() June 8, 1899 | ||
118 | 120 | 122 | 124 | 126 |
![]() March 29, 1903 | ![]() January 14, 1907 | ![]() November 2, 1910 | ![]() August 21, 1914 | ![]() June 8, 1918 |
128 | 130 | 132 | 134 | 136 |
![]() March 28, 1922 | ![]() January 14, 1926 | ![]() November 1, 1929 | ![]() August 21, 1933 | ![]() June 8, 1937 |
138 | 140 | 142 | 144 | 146 |
![]() March 27, 1941 | ![]() January 14, 1945 | ![]() November 1, 1948 | ![]() August 20, 1952 | ![]() June 8, 1956 |
148 | 150 | 152 | 154 | |
![]() March 27, 1960 | ![]() January 14, 1964 | ![]() November 2, 1967 | ![]() August 20, 1971 |
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.
Series members between 1801 and 2087 | ||||
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![]() August 17, 1803 (Saros 132) | ![]() July 17, 1814 (Saros 133) | ![]() June 16, 1825 (Saros 134) | ![]() May 15, 1836 (Saros 135) | ![]() April 15, 1847 (Saros 136) |
![]() March 15, 1858 (Saros 137) | ![]() February 11, 1869 (Saros 138) | ![]() January 11, 1880 (Saros 139) | ![]() December 12, 1890 (Saros 140) | ![]() November 11, 1901 (Saros 141) |
![]() October 10, 1912 (Saros 142) | ![]() September 10, 1923 (Saros 143) | ![]() August 10, 1934 (Saros 144) | ![]() July 9, 1945 (Saros 145) | ![]() June 8, 1956 (Saros 146) |
![]() May 9, 1967 (Saros 147) | ![]() April 7, 1978 (Saros 148) | ![]() March 7, 1989 (Saros 149) | ![]() February 5, 2000 (Saros 150) | ![]() January 4, 2011 (Saros 151) |
![]() December 4, 2021 (Saros 152) | ![]() November 3, 2032 (Saros 153) | ![]() October 3, 2043 (Saros 154) | ![]() September 2, 2054 (Saros 155) | ![]() August 2, 2065 (Saros 156) |
![]() July 1, 2076 (Saros 157) | ![]() June 1, 2087 (Saros 158) |
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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![]() September 17, 1811 (Saros 141) | ![]() August 27, 1840 (Saros 142) | ![]() August 7, 1869 (Saros 143) |
![]() July 18, 1898 (Saros 144) | ![]() June 29, 1927 (Saros 145) | ![]() June 8, 1956 (Saros 146) |
![]() May 19, 1985 (Saros 147) | ![]() April 29, 2014 (Saros 148) | ![]() April 9, 2043 (Saros 149) |
![]() March 19, 2072 (Saros 150) | ![]() February 28, 2101 (Saros 151) | ![]() February 8, 2130 (Saros 152) |
![]() January 19, 2159 (Saros 153) | ![]() December 29, 2187 (Saros 154) |
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