Solar eclipse of December 2, 1956
| Solar eclipse of December 2, 1956 | |
|---|---|
 Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Partial |
| Gamma | 1.0923 |
| Magnitude | 0.8047 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Coordinates | 67°54′N 64°36′E / 67.9°N 64.6°E |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 8:00:35 |
| References | |
| Saros | 151 (11 of 72) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9413 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred on December 2, 1956. 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.
Related eclipses
Solar eclipses of 1953-1956
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.
Note: Partial solar eclipse of February 14, 1953 and August 9, 1953 belong to the last lunar year set.
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saros | Map | Saros | Map | |
| 116 |  July 11, 1953 Partial |
121 |  January 5, 1954 Annular | |
| 126 |  June 30, 1954 Total |
131 |  December 25, 1954 Annular | |
| 136 |  June 20, 1955 Total |
141 |  December 14, 1955 Annular | |
| 146 |  June 8, 1956 Total |
151 | December 2, 1956 Partial | |
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