Solar eclipse of July 9, 1945

Solar eclipse of July 9, 1945
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Total
Gamma	0.7356
Magnitude	1.018
Maximum eclipse
Duration	75 sec (1 m 15 s)
Coordinates	70°00′N 17°12′W / 70°N 17.2°W
Max. width of band	92 km (57 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	13:27:46
References
Saros	145 (18 of 77)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9387

A total solar eclipse occurred on July 9, 1945. 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 total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. The path of totality crossed northern North America, across Greenland and into Scandinavia, western Soviet, and central Asia.

Related eclipses

Solar eclipses 1942-1946

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.

Note: The partial solar eclipse on September 10, 1942 occurs in the previous lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1942-1946

Ascending node			Descending node
115	August 12, 1942 Partial		120	February 4, 1943 Total
125	August 1, 1943 Annular		130	January 25, 1944 Total
135	July 20, 1944 Annular		140	January 14, 1945 Annular
145	July 9, 1945 Total		150	January 3, 1946 Partial
155	June 29, 1946 Partial

Saros 145

This solar eclipse is a part of Saros cycle 145, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 77 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on January 4, 1639, and reached a first annular eclipse on June 6, 1891. It was a hybrid event on June 17, 1909, and total eclipses from June 29, 1927 through September 9, 2648. The series ends at member 77 as a partial eclipse on April 17, 3009. The longest eclipse will occur on June 25, 2522, with a maximum duration of totality of 7 minutes, 12 seconds. ^[1]

Series members 16–26 occur between 1901 and 2100: 

16	17	18
June 17, 1909	June 29, 1927	July 9, 1945
19	20	21
July 20, 1963	July 31, 1981	August 11, 1999
22	23	24
August 21, 2017	September 2, 2035	September 12, 2053
25	26
September 23, 2071	October 4, 2089

Notes

1. Espenak, Fred (Project & Website Manager), Statistics for Solar Eclipses of Saros 145, NASA, updated 2009 September 26.

References

• Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
  • Google interactive map
  • Besselian elements
• Solar eclipse of July 9, 1945 in the Soviet Union