A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Thursday, January 3, 1946, with a magnitude of 0.5529. 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.
This was the first of four partial solar eclipses in 1946, with the others occurring on May 30, June 29, and November 23.
A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Antarctica and extreme southern South America.
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.
+January 3, 1946 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 1946 January 3 at 10:25:50.6 UTC Greatest Eclipse 1946 January 3 at 12:16:10.7 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 1946 January 3 at 12:16:37.9 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 1946 January 3 at 12:30:05.5 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 1946 January 3 at 14:06:25.7 UTC
+January 3, 1946 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.55294 Eclipse Obscuration 0.43993 Gamma −1.23918 Sun Right Ascension 18h54m29.6s Sun Declination -22°51'18.5" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'15.9" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 18h54m28.6s Moon Declination -23°59'55.4" Moon Semi-Diameter 15'07.7" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°55'31.2" ΔT 27.3 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 December 1945–January 1946 December 19Ascending node (full moon) January 3Descending node (new moon) Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 124 Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 150
Related eclipses Eclipses in 1946 A partial solar eclipse on January 3. A partial solar eclipse on May 30. A total lunar eclipse on June 14. A partial solar eclipse on June 29. A partial solar eclipse on November 23. A total lunar eclipse on December 8.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 16, 1942 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 21, 1949
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 21, 1938 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 14, 1953
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of December 28, 1936 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of January 8, 1955
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 3, 1935 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 2, 1956
Solar Saros 150 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 24, 1927 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 14, 1964
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 23, 1917 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 13, 1974
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 4, 1859 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 3, 2032
Solar eclipses of 1942–1946
Saros 150
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
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