Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971

Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971
	Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Partial
Gamma	-1.2659
Magnitude	0.508
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates	61.7°S 135.4°E
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	22:39:31
References
Saros	154 (4 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9445

A partial solar eclipse occurred on August 20–21, 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. It was visible near sunrise on August 21st over parts of Australia.

Related eclipses

Solar eclipses of 1968–1971

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 1968–1971
Ascending node		Descending node
Saros	Map	Saros	Map
119	1968 March 28 Partial	124	1968 September 22 Total
129	1969 March 18 Annular	134	1969 September 11 Annular
139	1970 March 7 Total	144	1970 August 31 Annular
149	1971 February 25 Partial	154	1971 August 20 Partial
A partial solar eclipse of July 22, 1971 occurs 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
- Google interactive map
- Besselian elements

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[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.