Solar eclipse of January 14, 1964

A partial solar eclipse occurred on January 14, 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. Partial solar eclipses occur in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth.

Solar eclipse of January 14, 1964
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma-1.2354
Magnitude0.5591
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates68.2°S 43.1°E / -68.2; 43.1
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse20:30:08
References
Saros150 (14 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)9428

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]

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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