Solar eclipse of June 8, 1956

Solar eclipse of June 8, 1956
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Total
Gamma	-0.8934
Magnitude	1.0581
Maximum eclipse
Duration	285 sec (4 m 45 s)
Coordinates
Max. width of band	429 km (267 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	21:20:39
References
Saros	146 (24 of 76)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9412

A total solar eclipse occurred on June 8–9, 1956. 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. It began near sunrise over New Zealand on June 9th, and ended west of South America on June 8th.

Related eclipses

Solar eclipses of 1953-1956

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: Partial solar eclipse of February 14, 1953 and August 9, 1953 belong to the last lunar year set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1953–1956

Ascending node			Descending node
Saros	Map		Saros	Map
116	July 11, 1953 Partial		121	January 5, 1954 Annular
126	June 30, 1954 Total		131	December 25, 1954 Annular
136	June 20, 1955 Total		141	December 14, 1955 Annular
146	June 8, 1956 Total		151	December 2, 1956 Partial

References

• Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
  • Google interactive map
  • Besselian elements