Solar eclipse of April 8, 1959
Introduction An annular solar eclipse occurred on April 8, 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. 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 (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. Annularity was visible from Australia, southeastern tip of Milne Bay Province in the Territory of Papua New Guinea (today's Papua New Guinea), British Solomon Islands (today's Solomon Islands), Gilbert and Ellice Islands (the part now belonging to Tuvalu), Tokelau, and Swains Island in American Samoa.
Related eclipses === Solar eclipses of 1957–1960====== Saros 138 ===It is a part of Saros cycle 138, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 70 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on June 6, 1472.It contains annular eclipses from August 31, 1598, through February 18, 2482 with a hybrid eclipse on March 1, 2500.It has total eclipses from March 12, 2518, through April 3, 2554.The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on July 11, 2716.The longest duration of totality will be only 56 seconds on April 3, 2554.Series members 25–35 occur between 1901 and 2100:252627150pxMarch 6, 1905150pxMarch 17, 1923150pxMarch 27, 1941282930150pxApril 8, 1959150pxApril 18, 1977150pxApril 29, 1995313233150pxMay 10, 2013150pxMay 21, 2031150pxMay 31, 20493435150pxJune 11, 2067150pxJune 22, 2085=== Tritos series ===Series members between 1901 and 2100150pxSeptember 9, 1904(Saros 133)150pxAugust 10, 1915(Saros 134)150pxJuly 9, 1926(Saros 135)150pxJune 8, 1937(Saros 136)150pxMay 9, 1948(Saros 137)150pxApril 8, 1959(Saros 138)150pxMarch 7, 1970(Saros 139)150pxFebruary 4, 1981(Saros 140)150pxJanuary 4, 1992(Saros 141)150pxDecember 4, 2002(Saros 142)150pxNovember 3, 2013(Saros 143)150pxOctober 2, 2024(Saros 144)150pxSeptember 2, 2035(Saros 145)150pxAugust 2, 2046(Saros 146)150pxJuly 1, 2057(Saros 147)150pxMay 31, 2068(Saros 148)150pxMay 1, 2079(Saros 149)150pxMarch 31, 2090(Saros 150)===Inex series=== Inex series members between 1901 and 2100:150pxMay 18, 1901(Saros 136)150pxApril 28, 1930(Saros 137)150pxApril 8, 1959(Saros 138)150pxMarch 18, 1988(Saros 139)150pxFebruary 26, 2017(Saros 140)150pxFebruary 5, 2046(Saros 141)150pxJanuary 16, 2075(Saros 142)===Metonic series===22 eclipse events, progressing from north to south between April 8, 1902, and August 31, 1989:April 7–8January 24–25November 12August 31-September 1June 19–20108114116150pxApril 8, 1902150pxAugust 31, 1913150pxJune 19, 1917118120122124126150pxApril 8, 1921150pxJanuary 24, 1925150pxNovember 12, 1928150pxAugust 31, 1932150pxJune 19, 1936128130132134136150pxApril 7, 1940150pxJanuary 25, 1944150pxNovember 12, 1947150pxSeptember 1, 1951150pxJune 20, 1955138140142144146150pxApril 8, 1959150pxJanuary 25, 1963150pxNovember 12, 1966150pxAugust 31, 1970150pxJune 20, 1974148150152154150pxApril 7, 1978150pxJanuary 25, 1982150pxNovember 12, 1985150pxAugust 31, 1989
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