Solar eclipse of January 3, 1946

Solar eclipse of January 3, 1946
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Type of eclipse
Nature Partial
Gamma -1.2392
Magnitude 0.5529
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates 67°06′S 177°36′E / 67.1°S 177.6°E / -67.1; 177.6
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 12:16:11
References
Saros 150 (13 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9388

A partial solar eclipse occurred on January 3, 1946. 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.

Solar eclipses 1942-1946

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: The partial solar eclipse on September 10, 1942 occurs in the previous lunar year eclipse set.

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