Solar eclipse of October 2, 1959
| Solar eclipse of October 2, 1959 | |
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Total |
| Gamma | 0.4207 |
| Magnitude | 1.0325 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 182 sec (3 m 2 s) |
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Max. width of band | 120 km (75 mi) |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 12:27:00 |
| References | |
| Saros | 143 (20 of 72) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9419 |
A total solar eclipse occurred on October 2, 1959. 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.
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Observations
Totality began over Boston, Massachusetts at sunrise. Viewing the eclipse was raining out, but it was reported that the brightening of the sky after the eclipse was a startling and impressive sight.[1] A few photographers captured the eclipse from airplanes above the clouds, and a multiple exposure was made atop the R. C. A. building in New York City.[2] The next total eclipse over Boston, the solar eclipse of May 1, 2079, will also be a sunrise event.[3]
The event was also observed at the Canarian Island of Fuerta Ventura by a team of Dutch astronomers of the university of Utrecht and Amsterdam.[4][5]
Related eclipses
Solar eclipses of 1957-1960
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.
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||
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| Saros | Map | Saros | Map | |
| 118 |  April 30, 1957 Annular |
123 |  October 23, 1957 Total |
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| 128 |  April 19, 1958 Annular |
133 |  October 12, 1958 Total |
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| 138 |  April 8, 1959 Annular |
143 | October 2, 1959 Total |
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| 148 |  March 27, 1960 Partial |
153 |  September 20, 1960 Partial |
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Solar 143
It is a part of Saros cycle 143, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 72 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on March 7, 1617 and total event from June 24, 1797 through October 24, 1995. It has hybrid eclipses from November 3, 2013 through December 6, 2067, and annular eclipses from December 16, 2085 through September 16, 2536. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on April 23, 2873. The longest duration of totality was 3 minutes, 50 seconds on August 19, 1887.[6]
Series members 17-28 occur between 1901 and 2100:
| 17 | 18 | 19 |
|---|---|---|
 August 30, 1905 |
 September 10, 1923 |
 September 21, 1941 |
| 20 | 21 | 22 |
October 2, 1959 |
 October 12, 1977 |
 October 24, 1995 |
| 23 | 24 | 25 |
 November 3, 2013 |
 November 14, 2031 |
 November 25, 2049 |
| 26 | 27 | 28 |
 December 6, 2067 |
 December 16, 2085 |
See also
Notes
- ↑ Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Vol. 54, p.43,
- ↑ Sky and Telescope, Vol. XIX, No. 1, p. 4.
- ↑ http://www.space.com/spacewatch/050408_solar_eclipse.html
- ↑ http://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~rutte101/Utrecht_eclipse.html
- ↑ Report of the Netherlands expedition for the observation of the total solar eclipse on october 2, 1959. Houtgast, J., Proceedings of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Vol. 63, Nr. 5, p. 611 (1960)
- ↑ http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEsaros/SEsaros143.html
References
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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