Solar eclipse of June 20, 1955
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A total solar eclipse
occurred on June 20, 1955.
With a maximum duration of 7 minutes 8 seconds, this is the longest solar eclipse of saros series 136, as well as the longest total solar eclipse since the 11th century. Totality beginning over the Indian Ocean and Maldives, crossing southern tip of India and Sri Lanka, moving across Indochina and the Philippines (near the greatest eclipse), towards Solomon Islands ending over Southwestern Pacific Ocean.
Solar eclipse
As seen from the Earth, a solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth, and the Moon fully or partially blocks the Sun as viewed from a location on Earth. This can happen only during a new moon, when the Sun and the Moon are in conjunction as seen from Earth. At least...
occurred on June 20, 1955.
With a maximum duration of 7 minutes 8 seconds, this is the longest solar eclipse of saros series 136, as well as the longest total solar eclipse since the 11th century. Totality beginning over the Indian Ocean and Maldives, crossing southern tip of India and Sri Lanka, moving across Indochina and the Philippines (near the greatest eclipse), towards Solomon Islands ending over Southwestern Pacific Ocean.