A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Saturday, June 29, 1946, with a magnitude of 0.1802. 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 third of four partial solar eclipses in 1946, with the others occurring on January 3, May 30, and November 23.
A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Northern Europe, Greenland, and Canada.
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.
+June 29, 1946 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 1946 June 29 at 02:57:15.1 UTC Greatest Eclipse 1946 June 29 at 03:51:57.7 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 1946 June 29 at 03:58:28.2 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 1946 June 29 at 04:06:09.4 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 1946 June 29 at 04:46:39.5 UTC
+June 29, 1946 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.18018 Eclipse Obscuration 0.09049 Gamma 1.43612 Sun Right Ascension 06h29m37.9s Sun Declination +23°16'18.2" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'43.9" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.6" Moon Right Ascension 06h29m21.1s Moon Declination +24°43'20.8" Moon Semi-Diameter 16'34.1" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 1°00'48.5" 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 September 10, 1942
Tzolkinex Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 9, 1953
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 30, 1935
Solar Saros 155 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 17, 1928 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 9, 1964
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 19, 1917
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 28, 1859
Solar eclipses of 1942–1946
Saros 155
Metonic series
Tritos series
Series members between 1801 and 1946August 5, 1804(Saros 142)July 6, 1815(Saros 143)June 5, 1826(Saros 144)May 4, 1837(Saros 145)April 3, 1848(Saros 146)March 4, 1859(Saros 147)January 31, 1870(Saros 148)December 31, 1880(Saros 149)December 1, 1891(Saros 150)October 31, 1902(Saros 151)September 30, 1913(Saros 152)August 30, 1924(Saros 153)July 30, 1935(Saros 154)June 29, 1946(Saros 155)
Inex series
Series members between 1801 and 1946October 7, 1801(Saros 150)September 17, 1830(Saros 151)August 28, 1859(Saros 152)August 7, 1888(Saros 153)July 19, 1917(Saros 154)June 29, 1946(Saros 155)
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