# Eclipses 1946

> There are 6 eclipses in 1946: 4 solar and 2 lunar. Partial Solar Eclipse on January 3 in Capricorn; Partial Solar Eclipse on May 30 in Gemini; Total Lunar Eclipse on June 14 in Sagittarius; Partial Solar Eclipse on June 29 in Cancer; Partial Solar Eclipse on November 23 in Sagittarius; Total Lunar Eclipse on December 8 in Gemini. They fall on the Cancer-Capricorn and Gemini-Sagittarius axes. Times are global peak times in UTC.

Canonical page: https://www.selfgazer.com/sky/eclipses/1946

| Peak (UTC) | Eclipse | Position | Nodes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1946-01-03 12:15 UTC | Partial Solar Eclipse | 12°32' Capricorn | North Node in Gemini |
| 1946-05-30 20:59 UTC | Partial Solar Eclipse | 8°49' Gemini | North Node in Gemini |
| 1946-06-14 18:38 UTC | Total Lunar Eclipse | 23°03' Sagittarius | North Node in Gemini |
| 1946-06-29 03:51 UTC | Partial Solar Eclipse | 6°48' Cancer | North Node in Gemini |
| 1946-11-23 17:36 UTC | Partial Solar Eclipse | 0°50' Sagittarius | North Node in Gemini |
| 1946-12-08 17:48 UTC | Total Lunar Eclipse | 16°00' Gemini | North Node in Gemini |

## Questions

### When Are the Eclipses in 1946?

There are 6 eclipses in 1946: 4 solar and 2 lunar. Partial Solar Eclipse on January 3 in Capricorn; Partial Solar Eclipse on May 30 in Gemini; Total Lunar Eclipse on June 14 in Sagittarius; Partial Solar Eclipse on June 29 in Cancer; Partial Solar Eclipse on November 23 in Sagittarius; Total Lunar Eclipse on December 8 in Gemini. They fall on the Cancer-Capricorn and Gemini-Sagittarius axes. Times are global peak times in UTC.

### When Are the Solar Eclipses in 1946?

Partial Solar Eclipse on January 3, 1946 at 7:15 AM ET (12:15 UTC), in Capricorn; Partial Solar Eclipse on May 30, 1946 at 4:59 PM ET (20:59 UTC), in Gemini; Partial Solar Eclipse on June 28, 1946 at 11:51 PM ET (03:51 UTC on June 29), in Cancer; Partial Solar Eclipse on November 23, 1946 at 12:36 PM ET (17:36 UTC), in Sagittarius.

### When Are the Lunar Eclipses in 1946?

Total Lunar Eclipse on June 14, 1946 at 2:38 PM ET (18:38 UTC), in Sagittarius; Total Lunar Eclipse on December 8, 1946 at 12:48 PM ET (17:48 UTC), in Gemini.

### What Signs Are the Eclipses in During 1946?

The 1946 eclipses fall on the Cancer-Capricorn, Gemini-Sagittarius axes, following the lunar nodes. Eclipses happen only when a New or Full Moon is close to the North or South Node.

### Where Will the Eclipse Be Visible?

Times on this page are the global peak of each eclipse. Whether you can see it depends on your location: a solar eclipse is visible only along its path, while a lunar eclipse is visible from the whole night side of Earth.

### What Do Eclipses Mean in Astrology?

Astrologers treat eclipses as amplified New and Full Moons that mark turning points, especially for the houses in your birth chart that hold the eclipse signs. Solar eclipses are read as beginnings and lunar eclipses as culminations.

### Why Do Some Sites List a Different Eclipse Date?

Most astrology sites print a single date without a time zone. An ingress at 10:49 PM in New York is already the next day in London and Sydney, so two correct sources can disagree by a day. Selfgazer gives every time in both US Eastern time and UTC, and the tables switch to your own time zone in the browser.

## Method

Positions are geocentric and tropical: apparent longitudes on the true ecliptic and equinox of date, corrected for light time and aberration. They are computed with the open-source Astronomy Engine library (VSOP87 planetary theory) and agree with the Swiss Ephemeris to within about one arcminute. The North Node is the mean node. Times are given in UTC and US Eastern time.

Source: [Selfgazer](https://www.selfgazer.com/sky/eclipses/1946). Free to cite with a link to the source page.