| Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971 | |
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Partial |
| Gamma | -1.2659 |
| Magnitude | 0.508 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Coordinates | 61.7S 135.4E |
| 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 partially 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.
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This set of solar eclipses repeat approximately every 177 days and 4 hours at alternating nodes of the moon's orbit.
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
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| Saros | Map | Saros | Map | |||
| 119 | March 28, 1968 Partial |
124 | September 22, 1968 Total |
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| 129 | March 18, 1969 Annular |
134 | September 11, 1969 Annular |
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| 139 | March 7, 1970 Total |
144 | August 31, 1970 Annular |
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| 149 | February 25, 1971 Partial |
154 | August 20, 1971 Partial |
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| A partial solar eclipse of July 22, 1971 occurs in the next lunar year set. | ||||||
