Solar eclipse of October 2, 1959

Totality began over Boston, Massachusetts at sunrise. Viewing the eclipse was rained out, but it was reported that the brightening of the sky after the eclipse was a startling and impressive sight. A few photographers captured the eclipse from airplanes above the clouds, and a multiple exposure was made atop the R. C. A. building in New York City. The next total eclipse over Boston, the solar eclipse of May 1, 2079, will also be a sunrise event. The event was also observed at the Canarian Island of Fuerteventura by a team of Dutch astronomers of the university of Utrecht and Amsterdam. Maurice Allais, a French polymath, reported the alleged anomalous behavior of pendulums or gravimeters, later named as Allais effect. He first reported the effect after observing the solar eclipse of June 30, 1954, and reported another observation of the effect during this solar eclipse using the paraconical pendulum he invented. == Eclipse details ==

Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the Moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse. == Eclipse season ==

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight. == Related eclipses ==

Eclipses in 1959 • A partial lunar eclipse on March 24. • An annular solar eclipse on April 8. • A penumbral lunar eclipse on September 17. • A total solar eclipse on October 2. Metonic • Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 14, 1955 • Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 20, 1963 Tzolkinex • Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 20, 1952 • Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 12, 1966 Half-Saros • Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of September 26, 1950 • Followed by: Lunar eclipse of October 6, 1968 Tritos • Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 1, 1948 • Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 31, 1970 Solar Saros 143 • Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 21, 1941 • Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 12, 1977 Inex • Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 21, 1930 • Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 11, 1988 Triad • Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 30, 1872 • Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 2, 2046 Solar eclipses of 1957–1960 Saros 143 Metonic series Tritos series Inex series == See also ==