A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Thursday, April 28, 1949, with a magnitude of 0.6092. 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.
A partial eclipse was visible for parts of North Africa, Europe, the Soviet Union, Greenland, and northern Canada.
Eclipse details 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.
+April 28, 1949 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 1949 April 28 at 05:52:15.3 UTC Greatest Eclipse 1949 April 28 at 07:48:53.1 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 1949 April 28 at 08:02:42.0 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 1949 April 28 at 08:53:20.8 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 1949 April 28 at 09:45:01.2 UTC
+April 28, 1949 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.60918 Eclipse Obscuration 0.50435 Gamma 1.20682 Sun Right Ascension 02h21m19.3s Sun Declination +14°04'51.6" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'52.9" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7" Moon Right Ascension 02h19m26.3s Moon Declination +15°04'38.0" Moon Semi-Diameter 14'52.8" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°54'36.6" ΔT 28.9 s
Eclipse season
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.
+ Eclipse season of April 1949 April 13Descending node (full moon) April 28Ascending node (new moon) Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 121 Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 147
Related eclipses Eclipses in 1949 A total lunar eclipse on April 13. A partial solar eclipse on April 28. A total lunar eclipse on October 7. A partial solar eclipse on October 21.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 9, 1945 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 14, 1953
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 16, 1942 Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 8, 1956
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of April 22, 1940 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of May 3, 1958
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 29, 1938 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 27, 1960
Solar Saros 147 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 18, 1931 Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 9, 1967
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 18, 1920 Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 7, 1978
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 27, 1862 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 27, 2036
Solar eclipses of 1946–1949
Saros 147
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
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