A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Thursday, May 30, 1946, with a magnitude of 0.8865. 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 second of four partial solar eclipses in 1946, with the others occurring on January 3, June 29, and November 23.
A partial eclipse was visible for parts of eastern Oceania and western 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.
+May 30, 1946 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 1946 May 30 at 19:08:19.4 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 1946 May 30 at 20:32:06.1 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 1946 May 30 at 20:49:47.0 UTC Greatest Eclipse 1946 May 30 at 21:00:23.7 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 1946 May 30 at 22:52:40.4 UTC
+May 30, 1946 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.88652 Eclipse Obscuration 0.86992 Gamma −1.07105 Sun Right Ascension 04h28m24.9s Sun Declination +21°46'41.4" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'46.4" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7" Moon Right Ascension 04h29m34.6s Moon Declination +20°43'10.9" Moon Semi-Diameter 16'43.0" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 1°01'21.2" ΔT 27.5 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. The first and last eclipse in this sequence is separated by one synodic month.
+ Eclipse season of May–June 1946 May 30Ascending node (new moon) June 14Descending node (full moon) June 29Ascending node (new moon) Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 117 Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 129 Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 155
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 August 12, 1942 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 18, 1950
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 19, 1939 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 11, 1953
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of May 25, 1937 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of June 5, 1955
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 30, 1935 Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 30, 1957
Solar Saros 117 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 19, 1928 Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 10, 1964
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 19, 1917 Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 11, 1975
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 29, 1859 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 30, 2033
Solar eclipses of 1946–1949
Saros 117
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
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