Solar eclipse of December 2, 1956

20th-century partial solar eclipse
67°54′N 64°36′E / 67.9°N 64.6°E / 67.9; 64.6Times (UTC)Greatest eclipse8:00:35ReferencesSaros151 (11 of 72)Catalog # (SE5000)9413

A partial solar eclipse occurred on December 2, 1956. 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.

Related eclipses

Solar eclipses of 1953–1956

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.[1]

Note: Partial solar eclipse of February 14, 1953 and August 9, 1953 belong to the last lunar year set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1953 to 1956
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros Map Saros Map
116
1953 July 11
Partial 		121
1954 January 5
Annular
126
1954 June 30
Total 		131
1954 December 25
Annular
136
1955 June 20
Total 		141
1955 December 14
Annular
146
1956 June 8
Total 		151
1956 December 2
Partial

References

  • Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
    • Google interactive map
    • Besselian elements
  1. ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
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