| Solar eclipse of February 5, 1962 | |
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Total |
| Gamma | 0.2107 |
| Magnitude | 1.043 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 4m 8s |
| Coordinates | 4.2S 178.1E |
| Max. width of band | 147 km |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 0:12:38 |
| References | |
| Saros | 130 (49 of 73) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9424 |
A total solar eclipse occurred on February 5, 1962. 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 total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across the surface of the Earth, while a partial solar eclipse will be visible over a region thousands of kilometres wide.
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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 | |||
| 120 | February 15, 1961 Total |
125 | August 11, 1961 Annular |
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| 130 | February 5, 1962 Total |
135 | July 31, 1962 Annular |
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| 140 | January 25, 1963 Annular |
145 | July 20, 1963 Total |
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| 150 | January 14, 1964 Partial |
155 | July 9, 1964 Partial |
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| Partial solar eclipses of June 10, 1964 and December 4, 1964 belong in the next lunar year set. | ||||||
It is a part of Saros cycle 130, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on August 20, 1096. It contains total eclipses from April 5, 1475 through July 18, 2232. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on October 25, 2394. The longest duration of totality was 6 minutes, 37 seconds on June 30, 1601.[1]
Series members 46-56 occur between 1901 and 2100:
| 46 | 47 | 48 |
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January 3, 1908 |
January 14, 1926 |
January 25, 1944 |
| 49 | 50 | 51 |
February 5, 1962 |
February 16, 1980 |
February 26, 1998 |
| 52 | 53 | 54 |
March 9, 2016 |
March 20, 2034 |
March 30, 2052 |
| 55 | 56 | |
April 11, 2070 |
April 21, 2088 |
The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days).
This series has 22 eclipse events between September 12, 1931 and July 1, 2011.
| September 11-12 | June 30-July 1 | April 18-19 | February 4-5 | November 22-23 |
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| 114 | 116 | 118 | 120 | 122 |
September 12, 1931 |
June 30, 1935 |
April 19, 1939 |
February 4, 1943 |
November 23, 1946 |
| 124 | 126 | 128 | 130 | 132 |
September 12, 1950 |
June 30, 1954 |
April 19, 1958 |
February 5, 1962 |
November 23, 1965 |
| 134 | 136 | 138 | 140 | 142 |
September 11, 1969 |
June 30, 1973 |
April 18, 1977 |
February 4, 1981 |
November 22, 1984 |
| 144 | 146 | 148 | 150 | 152 |
September 11, 1988 |
June 30, 1992 |
April 17, 1996 |
February 5, 2000 |
November 23, 2003 |
| 154 | 156 | |||
September 11, 2007 |
July 1, 2011 |
