A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Friday, October 21, 1949, with a magnitude of 0.9638. 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.
A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica.
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.
+October 21, 1949 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 1949 October 21 at 19:15:33.6 UTC Greatest Eclipse 1949 October 21 at 21:13:00.6 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 1949 October 21 at 21:23:16.5 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 1949 October 21 at 22:05:37.5 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 1949 October 21 at 23:10:06.9 UTC
+October 21, 1949 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.96380 Eclipse Obscuration 0.96320 Gamma −1.02696 Sun Right Ascension 13h44m32.4s Sun Declination -10°48'59.9" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'04.3" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.8" Moon Right Ascension 13h42m37.9s Moon Declination -11°45'16.5" Moon Semi-Diameter 16'43.7" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 1°01'23.6" ΔT 29.1 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 October 1949 October 7Ascending node (full moon) October 21Descending node (new moon) Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 126 Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 152
Related eclipses Eclipses in 1949 A total lunar eclipse on April 13. A partial solar eclipse on April 28. A total lunar eclipse on October 7. A partial solar eclipse on October 21.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 3, 1946 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 9, 1953
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 10, 1942 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 2, 1956
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of October 16, 1940 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of October 27, 1958
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 21, 1938 Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 20, 1960
Solar Saros 152 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 11, 1931 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 2, 1967
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 10, 1920 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 2, 1978
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 21, 1862 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 21, 2036
Solar eclipses of 1946–1949
Saros 152
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
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