Solar eclipse of September 1, 1951

An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Saturday, September 1, 1951, with a magnitude of 0.9747. 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).

Eclipses in 1951

 * A penumbral lunar eclipse on February 21, 1951.
 * An annular solar eclipse on March 7, 1951.
 * A penumbral lunar eclipse on March 23, 1951.
 * A penumbral lunar eclipse on August 17, 1951.
 * An annular solar eclipse on September 1, 1951.
 * A penumbral lunar eclipse on September 15, 1951.

Metonic

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 12, 1947
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 20, 1955

Tzolkinex

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 20, 1944
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 12, 1958

Half-Saros

 * Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 26, 1942
 * Followed by: Lunar eclipse of September 5, 1960

Tritos

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 1, 1940
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 31, 1962

Solar Saros 134

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 21, 1933
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 11, 1969

Inex

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 21, 1922
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 10, 1980

Triad

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 30, 1864
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 2, 2038