Solar eclipse of June 8, 1956
| Total eclipse | |
| Gamma | −0.8934 |
|---|---|
| Magnitude | 1.0581 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 285 s (4 min 45 s) |
| Coordinates | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
| Max. width of band | 429 km (267 mi) |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 21:20:39 |
| References | |
| Saros | 146 (24 of 76) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9412 |
A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit between Friday, June 8 and Saturday, June 9, 1956,[1] with a magnitude of 1.0581. 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 total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 1.3 days before perigee (on June 10, 1956, at 4:10 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.[2]
It began near sunrise over New Zealand on June 9 (Saturday), and ended west of South America on June 8 (Friday). A partial eclipse was visible for most of Oceania.
Eclipse details
[edit | edit source]Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the Moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.[3]
| Event | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|
| First Penumbral External Contact | 1956 June 8 at 19:11:21.5 UTC |
| First Umbral External Contact | 1956 June 8 at 20:31:34.6 UTC |
| First Central Line | 1956 June 8 at 20:34:31.6 UTC |
| First Umbral Internal Contact | 1956 June 8 at 20:37:38.2 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse | 1956 June 8 at 21:20:39.3 UTC |
| Greatest Duration | 1956 June 8 at 21:20:59.3 UTC |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 1956 June 8 at 21:21:17.5 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 1956 June 8 at 21:29:39.0 UTC |
| Last Umbral Internal Contact | 1956 June 8 at 22:03:38.5 UTC |
| Last Central Line | 1956 June 8 at 22:06:46.5 UTC |
| Last Umbral External Contact | 1956 June 8 at 22:09:44.9 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 1956 June 8 at 23:29:54.1 UTC |
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Eclipse Magnitude | 1.05810 |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 1.11958 |
| Gamma | −0.89341 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 05h07m54.5s |
| Sun Declination | +22°54'13.6" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 15'45.2" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.7" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 05h07m52.9s |
| Moon Declination | +22°00'05.8" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 16'32.9" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 1°00'44.0" |
| ΔT | 31.5 s |
Eclipse season
[edit | edit source]This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.
| May 24 Ascending node (full moon) |
June 8 Descending node (new moon) |
|---|---|
| File:Lunar eclipse chart close-1956May24.png | File:SE1956Jun08T.png |
| Partial lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 120 |
Total solar eclipse Solar Saros 146 |
Related eclipses
[edit | edit source]Eclipses in 1956
[edit | edit source]- A partial lunar eclipse on May 24.
- A total solar eclipse on June 8.
- A total lunar eclipse on November 18.
- A partial solar eclipse on December 2.
Metonic
[edit | edit source]- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 20, 1952
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 27, 1960
Tzolkinex
[edit | edit source]- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 28, 1949
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 20, 1963
Half-Saros
[edit | edit source]- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of June 3, 1947
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of June 14, 1965
Tritos
[edit | edit source]- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 9, 1945
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 9, 1967
Solar Saros 146
[edit | edit source]- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 29, 1938
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 20, 1974
Inex
[edit | edit source]- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 29, 1927
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 19, 1985
Triad
[edit | edit source]- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 7, 1869
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 9, 2043
Solar eclipses of 1953–1956
[edit | edit source]This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse 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.[4]
The partial solar eclipses on February 14, 1953 and August 9, 1953 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.
| Solar eclipse series sets from 1953 to 1956 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
| 116 | July 11, 1953 File:SE1953Jul11P.png Partial |
1.4388 | 121 | January 5, 1954 File:SE1954Jan05A.png Annular |
−0.9296 | |
| 126 | June 30, 1954 File:SE1954Jun30T.png Total |
0.6135 | 131 | December 25, 1954 File:SE1954Dec25A.png Annular |
−0.2576 | |
| 136 | June 20, 1955 File:SE1955Jun20T.png Total |
−0.1528 | 141 | December 14, 1955 File:SE1955Dec14A.png Annular |
0.4266 | |
| 146 | June 8, 1956 File:SE1956Jun08T.png Total |
−0.8934 | 151 | December 2, 1956 File:SE1956Dec02P.png Partial |
1.0923 | |
Saros 146
[edit | edit source]This eclipse is a part of Saros series 146, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 76 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on September 19, 1541. It contains total eclipses from May 29, 1938 through October 7, 2154; hybrid eclipses from October 17, 2172 through November 20, 2226; and annular eclipses from November 30, 2244 through August 10, 2659. The series ends at member 76 as a partial eclipse on December 29, 2893. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.
The longest duration of totality was produced by member 26 at 5 minutes, 21 seconds on June 30, 1992, and the longest duration of annularity will be produced by member 63 at 3 minutes, 30 seconds on August 10, 2659. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.[5]
| Series members 16–37 occur between 1801 and 2200: | ||
|---|---|---|
| 16 | 17 | 18 |
| File:SE1801Apr13P.png March 13, 1812 |
File:SE1819Apr24P.png March 24, 1830 |
File:SE1837May04P.png April 3, 1848 |
| 19 | 20 | 21 |
| File:SE1855May16P.png April 15, 1866 |
File:SE1873May26P.png April 25, 1884 |
File:SE1902May07P.png May 7, 1902 |
| 22 | 23 | 24 |
| File:SE1920May18P.png May 18, 1920 |
File:SE1938May29T.png May 29, 1938 |
File:SE1956Jun08T.png June 8, 1956 |
| 25 | 26 | 27 |
| File:SE1974Jun20T.png June 20, 1974 |
File:SE1992Jun30T.png June 30, 1992 |
File:SE2010Jul11T.png July 11, 2010 |
| 28 | 29 | 30 |
| File:SE2028Jul22T.png July 22, 2028 |
File:SE2046Aug02T.png August 2, 2046 |
File:SE2064Aug12T.png August 12, 2064 |
| 31 | 32 | 33 |
| File:SE2082Aug24T.png August 24, 2082 |
File:SE2100Sep04T.png September 4, 2100 |
File:SE2118Sep15T.png September 15, 2118 |
| 34 | 35 | 36 |
| File:SE2136Sep26T.png September 26, 2136 |
File:SE2154Oct07T.png October 7, 2154 |
File:SE2172Oct17H.png October 17, 2172 |
| 37 | ||
| File:SE2190Oct29H.png October 29, 2190 | ||
Metonic series
[edit | edit source]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). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's descending node.
Tritos series
[edit | edit source]This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
Inex series
[edit | edit source]This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
| Series members between 1801 and 2200 | ||
|---|---|---|
| File:SE1811Sep17A.gif September 17, 1811 (Saros 141) |
File:SE1840Aug27T.gif August 27, 1840 (Saros 142) |
File:SE1869Aug07T.png August 7, 1869 (Saros 143) |
| File:SE1898Jul18A.png July 18, 1898 (Saros 144) |
File:SE1927Jun29T.png June 29, 1927 (Saros 145) |
File:SE1956Jun08T.png June 8, 1956 (Saros 146) |
| File:SE1985May19P.png May 19, 1985 (Saros 147) |
File:SE2014Apr29A.png April 29, 2014 (Saros 148) |
File:SE2043Apr09T.png April 9, 2043 (Saros 149) |
| File:SE2072Mar19P.png March 19, 2072 (Saros 150) |
File:SE2101Feb28A.png February 28, 2101 (Saros 151) |
File:Saros152 19van70 SE2130Feb08T.jpg February 8, 2130 (Saros 152) |
| File:Saros153 17van70 SE2159Jan19A.jpg January 19, 2159 (Saros 153) |
File:Saros154 16van71 SE2187Dec29A.jpg December 29, 2187 (Saros 154) |
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Notes
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References
[edit | edit source]- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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