Solar eclipse of September 1, 1951


An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Saturday, September 1, 1951, with a magnitude of 0.9747. 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. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus. An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring 5.4 days after apogee, the Moon's apparent diameter was smaller.
Annularity was visible from Tennessee, North Carolina, and Virginia in the United States, Spanish Sahara, French West Africa, British Gold Coast, southern tip of French Equatorial Africa, Belgian Congo, Northern Rhodesia, Portuguese Mozambique, Nyasaland, and French Madagascar. A partial eclipse was visible for parts of eastern North America, the Caribbean, northern South America, Europe, and Africa.

Eclipse details

Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the Moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
EventTime
First Penumbral External Contact1951 September 1 at 09:54:58.5 UTC
First Umbral External Contact1951 September 1 at 10:57:51.5 UTC
First Central Line1951 September 1 at 10:59:13.3 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact1951 September 1 at 11:00:35.1 UTC
Greatest Duration1951 September 1 at 11:26:30.5 UTC
First Penumbral Internal Contact1951 September 1 at 12:04:50.8 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction1951 September 1 at 12:42:32.1 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction1951 September 1 at 12:50:04.3 UTC
Greatest Eclipse1951 September 1 at 12:51:51.1 UTC
Last Penumbral Internal Contact1951 September 1 at 13:39:05.6 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact1951 September 1 at 14:43:15.0 UTC
Last Central Line1951 September 1 at 14:44:34.0 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact1951 September 1 at 14:45:53.0 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact1951 September 1 at 15:48:41.5 UTC

ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude0.97473
Eclipse Obscuration0.95011
Gamma0.15570
Sun Right Ascension10h39m41.0s
Sun Declination+08°28'11.5"
Sun Semi-Diameter15'50.9"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.7"
Moon Right Ascension10h39m57.2s
Moon Declination+08°35'52.2"
Moon Semi-Diameter15'12.7"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax0°55'49.8"
ΔT29.8 s

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight. The first and last eclipse in this sequence is separated by one synodic month.
August 17
Ascending node 		September 1
Descending node 		September 15
Ascending node
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 108		Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 134		Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 146

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 1951

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 134

Inex

Triad