| Solar eclipse of January 3, 1946 | |
|---|---|
 Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Partial |
| Gamma | −1.2392 |
| Magnitude | 0.5529 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Coordinates | 67°06′S 177°36′E / 67.1°S 177.6°E / -67.1; 177.6 |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 12:16:11 |
| References | |
| Saros | 150 (13 of 71) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9388 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Thursday, January 3, 1946, with a magnitude of 0.5529. 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 was the first of four partial solar eclipses in 1946, with the others occurring on May 30, June 29, and November 23.
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 March 16, 1942 and September 10, 1942 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set, and the partial solar eclipses on May 30, 1946 and November 23, 1946 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.
| Solar eclipse series sets from 1942 to 1946 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
| 115 | August 12, 1942 Partial |
−1.5244 | 120 | February 4, 1943 Total |
0.8734 | |
| 125 | August 1, 1943 Annular |
−0.8041 | 130 | January 25, 1944 Total |
0.2025 | |
| 135 | July 20, 1944 Annular |
−0.0314 | 140 | January 14, 1945 Annular |
−0.4937 | |
| 145 | July 9, 1945 Total |
0.7356 | 150 | January 3, 1946 Partial |
−1.2392 | |
| 155 | June 29, 1946 Partial |
1.4361 | ||||
This eclipse is a part of Saros series 150, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on August 24, 1729. It contains annular eclipses from April 22, 2126 through June 22, 2829. There are no hybrid or total eclipses in this set. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on September 29, 2991. 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 45 at 9 minutes, 58 seconds on December 19, 2522. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.[2]
| Series members 5–27 occur between 1801 and 2200: | ||
|---|---|---|
| 5 | 6 | 7 |
 October 7, 1801 |
 October 19, 1819 |
 October 29, 1837 |
| 8 | 9 | 10 |
 November 9, 1855 |
 November 20, 1873 |
 December 1, 1891 |
| 11 | 12 | 13 |
 December 12, 1909 |
 December 24, 1927 |
January 3, 1946 |
| 14 | 15 | 16 |
 January 14, 1964 |
 January 25, 1982 |
 February 5, 2000 |
| 17 | 18 | 19 |
 February 15, 2018 |
 February 27, 2036 |
 March 9, 2054 |
| 20 | 21 | 22 |
 March 19, 2072 |
 March 31, 2090 |
 April 11, 2108 |
| 23 | 24 | 25 |
 April 22, 2126 |
 May 3, 2144 |
 May 14, 2162 |
| 26 | 27 | |
 May 24, 2180 |
 June 4, 2198 | |
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