Solar eclipse of April 8, 1959
| Solar eclipse of April 8, 1959 | |
|---|---|
 Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Annular |
| Gamma | -0.4546 |
| Magnitude | 0.9401 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 446 sec (7 m 26 s) |
| Coordinates | 19°06′S 137°36′E / 19.1°S 137.6°E |
| Max. width of band | 247 km (153 mi) |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 3:24:08 |
| References | |
| Saros | 138 (28 of 70) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9418 |
An annular solar eclipse occurred on April 8, 1959. 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide.
Related eclipses
Solar eclipses of 1957-1960
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.
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saros | Map | Saros | Map | |
| 118 |  April 30, 1957 Annular |
123 |  October 23, 1957 Total | |
| 128 |  April 19, 1958 Annular |
133 |  October 12, 1958 Total | |
| 138 | April 8, 1959 Annular |
143 |  October 2, 1959 Total | |
| 148 |  March 27, 1960 Partial |
153 |  September 20, 1960 Partial | |
Notes
References
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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