Solar eclipse of July 9, 1964
Solar eclipse of July 9, 1964 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Partial |
Gamma | 1.3623 |
Magnitude | 0.3221 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Coordinates | 67°36′N 172°54′W / 67.6°N 172.9°W |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 11:17:53 |
References | |
Saros | 155 (3 of 71) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9429 |
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.
Related eclipses
Solar eclipses of 1961-1964
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.
Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
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Saros | Map | Saros | Map | |||
120 | ![]() February 15, 1961 Total |
125 | ![]() August 11, 1961 Annular | |||
130 | ![]() February 5, 1962 Total |
135 | ![]() July 31, 1962 Annular | |||
140 | ![]() January 25, 1963 Annular |
145 | ![]() July 20, 1963 Total | |||
150 | ![]() January 14, 1964 Partial |
155 | ![]() July 9, 1964 Partial | |||
Partial solar eclipses of June 10, 1964 and December 4, 1964 belong 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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