# Solar eclipse of May 30, 1946

A partial solar eclipse occurred on May 30, 1946. 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.

Solar eclipse of May 30, 1946
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma-1.0711
Magnitude0.8865
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates64°06′S 101°00′W﻿ / ﻿64.1°S 101°W
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse21:00:24
References
Saros117 (65 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)9390

## Related eclipses

### Solar eclipses 1946–1949

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]

 Ascending node Descending node 117 1946 May 30 Partial 122 1946 November 23 Partial 127 1947 May 20 Total 132 1947 November 12 Annular 137 1948 May 9 Annular 142 1948 November 1 Total 147 1949 April 28 Partial 152 1949 October 21 Partial

## References

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.