2 solar eclipses in 1956: total on 8 June, partial on 2 December. Paths, times and how much of the Sun is covered.
- Total solar eclipse, 8 June 1956 up to 4m 45s of totality
- Partial solar eclipse, 2 December 1956 no path of totality
Lunar eclipses the same year
- Partial lunar eclipse, 24 May 1956 partial only
- Total lunar eclipse, 18 November 1956 totality 78m 24s
Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA’s GSFC, from the Besselian elements of the Five Millennium Canon of Solar Eclipses. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.