| Solar eclipse of November 1, 1948 | |
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Total |
| Gamma | -0.3517 |
| Magnitude | 1.0231 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 1m 56s |
| Coordinates | 33.1S 76.2E |
| Max. width of band | 84 km |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 5:59:18 |
| References | |
| Saros | 142 (19 of 72) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9395 |
A total solar eclipse occurred on November 1, 1948. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partially obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across the surface of the Earth, while a partial solar eclipse will be visible over a region thousands of kilometres wide.
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This set of solar eclipses repeat approximately every 177 days and 4 hours at alternating nodes of the moon's orbit.
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||
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| 117 | May 30, 1946 Partial |
122 | November 23, 1946 Partial |
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| 127 | May 20, 1947 Total |
132 | November 12, 1947 Annular |
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| 137 | May 9, 1948 Annular |
142 | November 1, 1948 Total |
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| 147 | April 28, 1949 Partial |
152 | October 21, 1949 Partial |
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It is a part of Saros cycle 142, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 72 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on April 17, 1624. It contains one hybrid eclipse on July 14, 1768, and total eclipses from July 25, 1786 through October 29, 2543. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on June 5, 2904. The longest duration of totality will be 6 minutes, 34 seconds on May 28, 2291.[1]
Series members 17-27 occur between 1901 and 2100:
| 17 | 18 | 19 |
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October 10, 1912 |
October 21, 1930 |
November 1, 1948 |
| 20 | 21 | 22 |
November 12, 1966 |
November 22, 1984 |
December 4, 2002 |
| 23 | 24 | 25 |
December 14, 2020 |
December 26, 2038 |
January 5, 2057 |
| 26 | 27 | |
January 16, 2075 |
January 27, 2093 |
