Solar eclipse of April 28, 1949

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| previous = Solar eclipse of November 1, 1948

| next = Solar eclipse of October 21, 1949

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A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Thursday, April 28, 1949,{{cite web|title=April 28, 1949 Partial Solar Eclipse|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/1949-april-28|publisher=timeanddate|access-date=4 August 2024}} with a magnitude of 0.6092. 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.

A partial eclipse was visible for parts of North Africa, Europe, the Soviet Union, Greenland, and northern Canada.

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.{{cite web|title=Partial Solar Eclipse of 1949 Apr 28|url=https://eclipsewise.com/solar/SEprime/1901-2000/SE1949Apr28Pprime.html|publisher=EclipseWise.com|access-date=4 August 2024}}

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|+April 28, 1949 Solar Eclipse Times

! Event

! Time (UTC)

First Penumbral External Contact

| 1949 April 28 at 05:52:15.3 UTC

Greatest Eclipse

| 1949 April 28 at 07:48:53.1 UTC

Ecliptic Conjunction

| 1949 April 28 at 08:02:42.0 UTC

Equatorial Conjunction

| 1949 April 28 at 08:53:20.8 UTC

Last Penumbral External Contact

| 1949 April 28 at 09:45:01.2 UTC

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|+April 28, 1949 Solar Eclipse Parameters

! Parameter

! Value

Eclipse Magnitude

| 0.60918

Eclipse Obscuration

| 0.50435

Gamma

| 1.20682

Sun Right Ascension

| 02h21m19.3s

Sun Declination

| +14°04'51.6"

Sun Semi-Diameter

| 15'52.9"

Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax

| 08.7"

Moon Right Ascension

| 02h19m26.3s

Moon Declination

| +15°04'38.0"

Moon Semi-Diameter

| 14'52.8"

Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax

| 0°54'36.6"

ΔT

| 28.9 s

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) 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.

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|+ Eclipse season of April 1949

! April 13
Descending node (full moon) !! April 28
Ascending node (new moon)

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| Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 121

Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 147