Solar eclipse of April 30, 1957

Solar eclipse of April 30, 1957
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Annular
Gamma 0.9992
Magnitude 0.9799
Maximum eclipse
Duration -
Coordinates 70°36′N 40°18′E / 70.6°N 40.3°E / 70.6; 40.3
Max. width of band - km
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 0:05:28
References
Saros 118 (65 of 72)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9414

An annular solar eclipse occurred on April 30, 1957. 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.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1957–1960
Ascending node   Descending node
SarosMap SarosMap
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

Metonic series

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).

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