Solar eclipse of April 8, 1959

An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Wednesday, April 8, 1959, with a magnitude of 0.9401. 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.

Eclipses in 1959

 * A partial lunar eclipse on March 24, 1959.
 * An annular solar eclipse on April 8, 1959.
 * A penumbral lunar eclipse on September 17, 1959.
 * A total solar eclipse on October 2, 1959.

Metonic

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 20, 1955
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 25, 1963

Tzolkinex

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 25, 1952
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 20, 1966

Half-Saros

 * Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of April 2, 1950
 * Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 13, 1968

Tritos

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 9, 1948
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 7, 1970

Solar Saros 138

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 27, 1941
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 18, 1977

Inex

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 28, 1930
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 18, 1988

Triad

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 6, 1872
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 5, 2046