A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Saturday, November 23, 1946, with a magnitude of 0.7758. 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.
This was the last of four partial solar eclipses in 1946, with the others occurring on January 3, May 30, and June 29.
A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Canada, the United States, the Caribbean, and northern South America.
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.
+November 23, 1946 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 1946 November 23 at 15:24:47.5 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 1946 November 23 at 16:55:38.1 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 1946 November 23 at 17:24:13.7 UTC Greatest Eclipse 1946 November 23 at 17:37:12.3 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 1946 November 23 at 19:49:56.7 UTC
+November 23, 1946 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.77586 Eclipse Obscuration 0.69076 Gamma 1.10500 Sun Right Ascension 15h54m45.3s Sun Declination -20°19'54.3" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'12.0" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 15h56m01.8s Moon Declination -19°22'58.6" Moon Semi-Diameter 14'45.7" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°54'10.6" ΔT 27.7 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 November–December 1946 November 23Descending node (new moon) December 8Ascending node (full moon) Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 122 Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 134
Related eclipses Eclipses in 1946 A partial solar eclipse on January 3. A partial solar eclipse on May 30. A total lunar eclipse on June 14. A partial solar eclipse on June 29. A partial solar eclipse on November 23. A total lunar eclipse on December 8.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 4, 1943 Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 12, 1950
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 12, 1939 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 5, 1954
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of November 18, 1937 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of November 29, 1955
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 25, 1935 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 23, 1957
Solar Saros 122 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 12, 1928 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 4, 1964
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 14, 1917 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 3, 1975
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 23, 1860 Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 23, 2033
Solar eclipses of 1946–1949
Saros 122
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
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