An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Sunday, January 14, 1945, with a magnitude of 0.997. 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. The Moon's apparent diameter was near the average diameter because it occurred 8.3 days after apogee (on January 5, 1945, at 20:40 UTC) and 3.5 days before perigee (on January 17, 1945, at 17:50 UTC).
Annularity was visible from Eastern Cape in South Africa, and northeastern Tasmania Island and Furneaux Group in Australia. A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Southern Africa, Antarctica, Australia, and Oceania.
Eclipse details Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the Moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
+January 14, 1945 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 1945 January 14 at 02:22:25.7 UTC First Umbral External Contact 1945 January 14 at 03:26:59.2 UTC First Central Line 1945 January 14 at 03:27:37.2 UTC Greatest Duration 1945 January 14 at 03:27:37.2 UTC First Umbral Internal Contact 1945 January 14 at 03:28:15.1 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 1945 January 14 at 04:57:46.0 UTC Greatest Eclipse 1945 January 14 at 05:01:43.2 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 1945 January 14 at 05:07:00.6 UTC Last Umbral Internal Contact 1945 January 14 at 06:35:16.2 UTC Last Central Line 1945 January 14 at 06:35:51.4 UTC Last Umbral External Contact 1945 January 14 at 06:36:26.6 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 1945 January 14 at 07:40:56.5 UTC
+January 14, 1945 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.99704 Eclipse Obscuration 0.99409 Gamma −0.49366 Sun Right Ascension 19h42m12.3s Sun Declination -21°22'08.0" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'15.6" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 19h42m21.5s Moon Declination -21°50'56.3" Moon Semi-Diameter 15'59.0" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°58'39.7" ΔT 26.8 s
Eclipse season
This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.
+ Eclipse season of December 1944–January 1945 December 29Ascending node (full moon) January 14Descending node (new moon) Penumbral lunar eclipseLunar Saros 114 Annular solar eclipseSolar Saros 140
Related eclipses Eclipses in 1945 An annular solar eclipse on January 14. A partial lunar eclipse on June 25. A total solar eclipse on July 9. A total lunar eclipse on December 19.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 27, 1941 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 1, 1948
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 2, 1937 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 25, 1952
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of January 8, 1936 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of January 19, 1954
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 14, 1934 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 14, 1955
Solar Saros 140 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 3, 1927 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 25, 1963
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 3, 1916 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 24, 1973
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 15, 1858 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 14, 2031
Solar eclipses of 1942–1946
Saros 140
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
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