Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971
| Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971 | |
|---|---|
 Map | |
| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Partial |
| Gamma | 1.1188 |
| Magnitude | 0.7872 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Coordinates | 61°24′N 33°30′W / 61.4°N 33.5°W |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 9:38:07 |
| References | |
| Saros | 149 (18 of 71) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9444 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred on February 25, 1971. 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 1968-1971
Each member 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.
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saros | Map | Saros | Map | |||
| 119 |  March 28, 1968 Partial |
124 |  September 22, 1968 Total | |||
| 129 |  March 18, 1969 Annular |
134 |  September 11, 1969 Annular | |||
| 139 |  March 7, 1970 Total |
144 |  August 31, 1970 Annular | |||
| 149 | February 25, 1971 Partial |
154 |  August 20, 1971 Partial | |||
| A partial solar eclipse of July 22, 1971 occurs in the next lunar year set. | ||||||
References
External links
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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