Solar eclipse of September 1, 1951
Introduction An annular solar eclipse occurred on Saturday, September 1, 1951.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 the United States, Spanish Sahara (today's West Sahara), French West Africa (the parts now belonging to Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast), British Gold Coast (today's Ghana), southern tip of French Equatorial Africa (the part now belonging to R. Congo), Belgian Congo (today's DR Congo), Northern Rhodesia (today's Zambia), Portuguese Mozambique (today's Mozambique), Nyasaland (today's Malawi), and French Madagascar (today's Madagascar).
Related eclipses === Solar eclipses of 1950–1953====== Saros 134======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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