Solar eclipse of October 21, 1949

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Solar eclipse of October 21, 1949
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Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma −1.027
Magnitude 0.9638
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates 61°30′S107°30′E / 61.5°S 107.5°E / -61.5; 107.5
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse21:13:01
References
Saros 152 (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.

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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
117 1946 May 30
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Partial
122 1946 November 23
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Partial
127 1947 May 20
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Total
132 1947 November 12
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Annular
137 1948 May 9
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Annular
142 1948 November 1
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Total
147 1949 April 28
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Partial
152 1949 October 21
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Partial

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References

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