Solar eclipse of November 1, 1948

Solar eclipse of November 1, 1948
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Total
Gamma -0.3517
Magnitude 1.0231
Maximum eclipse
Duration 116 sec (1 m 56 s)
Coordinates 33°06′S 76°12′E / 33.1°S 76.2°E / -33.1; 76.2
Max. width of band 84 km (52 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 5:59:18
References
Saros 142 (19 of 72)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9395

A total solar eclipse occurred on November 1, 1948. 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. During this eclipse, comet C/1948 V1, also known as the Eclipse Comet of 1948, was discovered shining near the sun.[1]

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

Saros series 142

It is a part of Saros cycle 142, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 72 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on April 17, 1624. It contains one hybrid eclipse on July 14, 1768, and total eclipses from July 25, 1786 through October 29, 2543. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on June 5, 2904. The longest duration of totality will be 6 minutes, 34 seconds on May 28, 2291.[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ Bortle, John E. "The Bright-Comet Chronicles". International Comet Quarterly. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
  2. ↑ http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEsaros/SEsaros142.html

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