Solar eclipse of May 9, 1948

Solar eclipse of May 9, 1948
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Annular
Gamma 0.4133
Magnitude 0.9999
Maximum eclipse
Duration 0 sec (0 m 0 s)
Coordinates 39°48′N 131°12′E / 39.8°N 131.2°E / 39.8; 131.2
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 2:26:04
References
Saros 137 (32 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9394

An annular solar eclipse occurred on May 9, 1948. 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 1946-1949

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 1946-1949
Ascending node   Descending node
117May 30, 1946

Partial
122November 23, 1946

Partial
127May 20, 1947

Total
132November 12, 1947

Annular
137May 9, 1948

Annular
142November 1, 1948

Total
147April 28, 1949

Partial
152October 21, 1949

Partial

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