Solar eclipse of May 9, 1967

Solar eclipse of May 9, 1967
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 / 62.5; -168.1
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.

Solar eclipses of 1964-1967

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]

Note: Partial solar eclipses on January 14, 1964 and July 9, 1964 belong to the previous lunar year set.

References

  1. 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.


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