Solar eclipse of May 9, 1967 | |
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Map | |
Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Partial |
Gamma | 1.1422 |
Magnitude | 0.7201 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Coordinates | 62°30′N 168°06′W / 62.5°N 168.1°W |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 14:42:48 |
References | |
Saros | 147 (20 of 80) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9436 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred on May 9, 1967. 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 partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth.
Related eclipses
Solar eclipses of 1964–1967
This eclipse is a member of a 1964–1967 series at alternating nodes every 6 synodic months.
Note: Partial solar eclipses on January 14, 1964 and July 9, 1964 belong to the previous lunar year set.
Solar eclipse series sets from 1964–1967 | ||||||
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Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
117 | 1964 June 10 Partial | −1.13926 | 122 | 1964 December 4 Partial | 1.11929 | |
127 | 1965 May 30 Total | −0.42251 | 132 | 1965 November 23 Annular | 0.39061 | |
137 | 1966 May 20 Annular | 0.34672 | 142 | 1966 November 12 Total | −0.33001 | |
147 | 1967 May 9 Partial | 1.14218 | 152 | 1967 November 2 Total (non-central) | −1.00067 |
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).
22 eclipse events between December 13, 1898 and July 20, 1982 | ||||
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December 13–14 | October 1–2 | July 20–21 | May 9 | February 24–25 |
111 | 113 | 115 | 117 | 119 |
December 13, 1898 |
July 21, 1906 |
May 9, 1910 |
February 25, 1914 | |
121 | 123 | 125 | 127 | 129 |
December 14, 1917 |
October 1, 1921 |
July 20, 1925 |
May 9, 1929 |
February 24, 1933 |
131 | 133 | 135 | 137 | 139 |
December 13, 1936 |
October 1, 1940 |
July 20, 1944 |
May 9, 1948 |
February 25, 1952 |
141 | 143 | 145 | 147 | 149 |
December 14, 1955 |
October 2, 1959 |
July 20, 1963 |
May 9, 1967 |
February 25, 1971 |
151 | 153 | 155 | ||
December 13, 1974 |
October 2, 1978 |
July 20, 1982 |
References
External links
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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