Solar eclipse of April 19, 1958
| Solar eclipse of April 19, 1958 | |
|---|---|
 Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Annular |
| Gamma | 0.275 |
| Magnitude | 0.9408 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 427 sec (7 m 7 s) |
| Coordinates | 26°30′N 123°36′E / 26.5°N 123.6°E |
| Max. width of band | 228 km (142 mi) |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 3:27:17 |
| References | |
| Saros | 128 (55 of 73) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9416 |
An annular solar eclipse occurred on April 19, 1958. 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide.
Related eclipses
Solar eclipses of 1957–1960
Each member in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saros | Map | Saros | Map | |
| 118 |  April 30, 1957 Annular |
123 |  October 23, 1957 Total | |
| 128 | April 19, 1958 Annular |
133 |  October 12, 1958 Total | |
| 138 |  April 8, 1959 Annular |
143 |  October 2, 1959 Total | |
| 148 |  March 27, 1960 Partial |
153 |  September 20, 1960 Partial | |
Saros 128
It is a part of Saros cycle 128, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 73 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on August 29, 984 AD. It contains total eclipses from May 16, 1417 through June 18, 1471 and hybrid eclipses from June 28, 1489 through July 31, 1543. Then it progresses into annular eclipses from August 11, 1561 through July 25, 2120. The series ends at member 73 as a partial eclipse on November 1, 2282. The longest duration of totality was 1 minutes, 45 seconds on June 7, 1453.[1]
Series members 52-62 occur between 1901 and 2100:
| 52 | 53 | 54 |
|---|---|---|
 March 17, 1904 |
 March 28, 1922 |
 April 7, 1940 |
| 55 | 56 | 57 |
April 19, 1958 |
 April 29, 1976 |
 May 10, 1994 |
| 58 | 59 | 60 |
 May 20, 2012 |
 June 1, 2030 |
 June 11, 2048 |
| 61 | 62 | |
 June 22, 2066 |
 July 3, 2084 |
Metonic series
The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days).
This series has 22 eclipse events between September 12, 1931 and July 1, 2011.
| September 11-12 | June 30-July 1 | April 18-19 | February 4-5 | November 22-23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 114 | 116 | 118 | 120 | 122 |
 September 12, 1931 |
 June 30, 1935 |
 April 19, 1939 |
 February 4, 1943 |
 November 23, 1946 |
| 124 | 126 | 128 | 130 | 132 |
 September 12, 1950 |
 June 30, 1954 |
April 19, 1958 |
 February 5, 1962 |
 November 23, 1965 |
| 134 | 136 | 138 | 140 | 142 |
 September 11, 1969 |
 June 30, 1973 |
 April 18, 1977 |
 February 4, 1981 |
 November 22, 1984 |
| 144 | 146 | 148 | 150 | 152 |
 September 11, 1988 |
 June 30, 1992 |
 April 17, 1996 |
 February 5, 2000 |
 November 23, 2003 |
| 154 | 156 | |||
 September 11, 2007 |
 July 1, 2011 |
Notes
References
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
- Russia expedition for solar eclipse of April 19, 1958
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