Solar eclipse of October 12, 1958
# Solar eclipse of October 12, 1958

A total solar eclipse occurred on October 12, 1958. 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. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. Totality was visible in Tokelau, Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Chile and Argentina. This solar eclipse occurred over 3 months after the final game of 1958 FIFA World Cup.

## Related eclipses

### Solar eclipses of 1957–1960

This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1957–1960 :

| Descending node | Descending node | Ascending node | Ascending node |
| - | - | - | - |
| Saros | Map | Saros | Map |
| 118 | 1957 April 30 Annular (non-central) | 123 | 1957 October 23 Total (non-central) |
| 128 | 1958 April 19 Annular | 133 | 1958 October 12 Total |
| 138 | 1959 April 8 Annular | 143 | 1959 October 2 Total |
| 148 | 1960 March 27 Partial | 153 | 1960 September 20 Partial |

### Saros 133

Solar Saros 133, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, contains 72 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on July 13, 1219. It contains annular eclipses from November 20, 1435, through January 13, 1526, with a hybrid eclipse on January 24, 1544. It has total eclipses from February 3, 1562, through June 21, 2373. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on September 5, 2499. The longest duration of totality was 6 minutes, 49.97 seconds on August 7, 1850. The total eclipses of this saros series are getting shorter and farther south with each iteration. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon’s ascending node.

Series members 30–56 occur between 1742 and 2211 :

| 30 | 31 | 32 |
| - | - | - |
| June 3, 1742 | June 13, 1760 | June 24, 1778 |
| 33 | 34 | 35 |
| July 4, 1796 | July 17, 1814 | July 27, 1832 |
| 36 | 37 | 38 |
| August 7, 1850 | August 18, 1868 | August 29, 1886 |
| 39 | 40 | 41 |
| September 9, 1904 | September 21, 1922 | October 1, 1940 |
| 42 | 43 | 44 |
| October 12, 1958 | October 23, 1976 | November 3, 1994 |
| 45 | 46 | 47 |
| November 13, 2012 | November 25, 2030 | December 5, 2048 |
| 48 | 49 | 50 |
| December 17, 2066 | December 27, 2084 | January 8, 2103 |
| 51 | 52 | 53 |
| January 19, 2121 | January 30, 2139 | February 9, 2157 |
| 54 | 55 | 56 |
| February 21, 2175 | March 3, 2193 | March 15, 2211 |

### Tritos series

This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Series members between 1801 and 2100 :

| December 21, 1805 (Saros 119) | November 19, 1816 (Saros 120) | October 20, 1827 (Saros 121) |
| - | - | - |
| September 18, 1838 (Saros 122) | August 18, 1849 (Saros 123) | July 18, 1860 (Saros 124) |
| June 18, 1871 (Saros 125) | May 17, 1882 (Saros 126) | April 16, 1893 (Saros 127) |
| March 17, 1904 (Saros 128) | February 14, 1915 (Saros 129) | January 14, 1926 (Saros 130) |
| December 13, 1936 (Saros 131) | November 12, 1947 (Saros 132) | October 12, 1958 (Saros 133) |
| September 11, 1969 (Saros 134) | August 10, 1980 (Saros 135) | July 11, 1991 (Saros 136) |
| June 10, 2002 (Saros 137) | May 10, 2013 (Saros 138) | April 8, 2024 (Saros 139) |
| March 9, 2035 (Saros 140) | February 5, 2046 (Saros 141) | January 5, 2057 (Saros 142) |
| December 6, 2067 (Saros 143) | November 4, 2078 (Saros 144) | October 4, 2089 (Saros 145) |
| September 4, 2100 (Saros 146) | |

In the 22nd century:

* Solar saros 147: annular solar eclipse of August 4, 2111
* Solar saros 148: total solar eclipse of July 4, 2122
* Solar saros 149: total solar eclipse of June 3, 2133
* Solar saros 150: annular solar eclipse of May 3, 2144
* Solar saros 151: annular solar eclipse of April 2, 2155
* Solar saros 152: total solar eclipse of March 2, 2166
* Solar saros 153: annular solar eclipse of January 29, 2177
* Solar saros 154: annular solar eclipse of December 29, 2187
* Solar saros 155: total solar eclipse of November 28, 2198

In the 23rd century:

* Solar saros 156: annular solar eclipse of October 29, 2209
* Solar saros 157: annular solar eclipse of September 27, 2220
* Solar saros 158: total solar eclipse of August 28, 2231
* Solar saros 159: partial solar eclipse of July 28, 2242
* Solar saros 160: partial solar eclipse of June 26, 2253
* Solar saros 161: partial solar eclipse of May 26, 2264
* Solar saros 162: partial solar eclipse of April 26, 2275
* Solar saros 163: partial solar eclipse of March 25, 2286
* Solar saros 164: partial solar eclipse of February 22, 2297

### Metonic series

The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's ascending node.

22 eclipse events between December 24, 1916 and July 31, 2000 :

| December 24–25 | October 12–13 | July 31-Aug 1 | May 18–20 | March 7–8 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 91 | 93 | 95 | 97 | 99 |
| December 23, 1878 | October 12, 1882 | July 31, 1886 | May 18, 1890 | March 7, 1894 |
| 101 | 103 | 105 | 107 | 109 |
| December 23, 1897 | October 12, 1901 | August 1, 1905 | May 19, 1909 | March 8, 1913 |
| 111 | 113 | 115 | 117 | 119 |
| December 24, 1916 | October 12, 1920 | July 31, 1924 | May 19, 1928 | March 7, 1932 |
| 121 | 123 | 125 | 127 | 129 |
| December 25, 1935 | October 12, 1939 | August 1, 1943 | May 20, 1947 | March 7, 1951 |
| 131 | 133 | 135 | 137 | 139 |
| December 25, 1954 | October 12, 1958 | July 31, 1962 | May 20, 1966 | March 7, 1970 |
| 141 | 143 | 145 | 147 | 149 |
| December 24, 1973 | October 12, 1977 | July 31, 1981 | May 19, 1985 | March 7, 1989 |
| 151 | 153 | 155 | 157 | 159 |
| December 24, 1992 | October 12, 1996 | July 31, 2000 | May 19, 2004 | March 7, 2008 |
| 161 | 163 | 165 | 167 | 169 |
| December 24, 2011 | October 13, 2015 | August 1, 2019 | May 19, 2023 | March 8, 2027 |
