Solar eclipse of July 9, 1964
A partial solar eclipse occurred on July 9, 1964. 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.
Solar eclipse of July 9, 1964 | |
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Map | |
Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Partial |
Gamma | 1.3623 |
Magnitude | 0.3221 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Coordinates | 67.6°N 172.9°W |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 11:17:53 |
References | |
Saros | 155 (3 of 71) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9429 |
Related eclipses
Solar eclipses of 1961–1964
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.[1]
Solar eclipse series sets from 1961–1964 | ||||||
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Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Saros | Map | |||
120 | 1961 February 15 Total |
125 | 1961 August 11 Annular | |||
130 | 1962 February 5 Total |
135 | 1962 July 31 Annular | |||
140 | 1963 January 25 Annular |
145 | 1963 July 20 Total | |||
150 | 1964 January 14 Partial |
155 | 1964 July 9 Partial | |||
Partial solar eclipses of June 10, 1964 and December 4, 1964 belong in the next lunar year set. |
References
- van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
External links
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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