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 on December 2, 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 partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth.

Related eclipses

Solar eclipses of 1953–1956

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]

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 to 1956
Descending node				Ascending node
Saros	Map	Gamma		Saros	Map	Gamma
116	1953 July 11 Partial	1.43882		121	1954 January 5 Annular	-0.92960
126	1954 June 30 Total	0.61345		131	1954 December 25 Annular	-0.25762
136	1955 June 20 Total	-0.15278		141	1955 December 14 Annular	0.42658
146	1956 June 8 Total	-0.89341		151	1956 December 2 Partial	1.09229

References

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

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