| Solar eclipse of November 23, 1946 | |
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Partial |
| Gamma | 1.105 |
| Magnitude | 0.7758 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Coordinates | 63.4N 45.3W |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 17:37:12 |
| References | |
| Saros | 122 (54 of 70) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9391 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred on November 23, 1946. 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 partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth.
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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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