| Solar eclipse of December 2, 1956 | |
|---|---|
 Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Partial |
| Gamma | 1.0923 |
| Magnitude | 0.8047 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Coordinates | 67°54′N 64°36′E / 67.9°N 64.6°E / 67.9; 64.6 |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 8:00:35 |
| References | |
| Saros | 151 (11 of 72) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9413 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Sunday, December 2, 1956, with a magnitude of 0.8047. 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.
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]
The partial solar eclipses on February 14, 1953 and August 9, 1953 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.
| Solar eclipse series sets from 1953 to 1956 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
| 116 | July 11, 1953 Partial |
1.4388 | 121 | January 5, 1954 Annular |
−0.9296 | |
| 126 | June 30, 1954 Total |
0.6135 | 131 | December 25, 1954 Annular |
−0.2576 | |
| 136 | June 20, 1955 Total |
−0.1528 | 141 | December 14, 1955 Annular |
0.4266 | |
| 146 | June 8, 1956 Total |
−0.8934 | 151 | December 2, 1956 Partial |
1.0923 | |
This eclipse is a part of Saros series 151, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 72 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on August 14, 1776. It contains annular eclipses from February 28, 2101 through April 23, 2191; a hybrid eclipse on May 5, 2209; and total eclipses from May 16, 2227 through July 6, 2912. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on October 1, 3056. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.
The longest duration of annularity will be produced by member 19 at 2 minutes, 44 seconds on February 28, 2101, and the longest duration of totality will be produced by member 60 at 5 minutes, 41 seconds on May 22, 2840. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.[2]
| Series members 3–24 occur between 1801 and 2200: | ||
|---|---|---|
| 3 | 4 | 5 |
 September 5, 1812 |
 September 17, 1830 |
 September 27, 1848 |
| 6 | 7 | 8 |
 October 8, 1866 |
 October 19, 1884 |
 October 31, 1902 |
| 9 | 10 | 11 |
 November 10, 1920 |
 November 21, 1938 |
December 2, 1956 |
| 12 | 13 | 14 |
 December 13, 1974 |
 December 24, 1992 |
 January 4, 2011 |
| 15 | 16 | 17 |
 January 14, 2029 |
 January 26, 2047 |
 February 5, 2065 |
| 18 | 19 | 20 |
 February 16, 2083 |
 February 28, 2101 |
 March 11, 2119 |
| 21 | 22 | 23 |
 March 21, 2137 |
 April 2, 2155 |
 April 12, 2173 |
| 24 | ||
 April 23, 2191 | ||
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